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China, its costume, arts, manufactures, &c. : edited principally from the originals in the cabinet of the late M. Bertin, with observations explanatory, historical, and literary (1812)

Breton, M. (Jean Baptiste Joseph), Bertin, Henri-Léonard-Jean-Baptiste, 1719-1792, Freschi, Andrea, b. 1774 · London : Printed for J.J. Stockdale ... · leaf 102

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aprecept, which, in a succession of time,has acquired all the effect of a positivelaw—however it may be said that filialpiety exists rather in the maxims of thegovernment than in the hearts of thesubjects, so estimable a virtue is still notthe less worthy of encomium. The accompanying Print shews… … ARTS, AND MANUFACTURES. 75 toms no less sacred; but whatever isclear to the parents is respected by thechildren. A Chinese regards his fatherwith a degree of veneration, and alightsfrom his carriage to pay his respects tohim. All the constitutions of the empirehave a tendency to increase…

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