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), Freschi, Andrea, b. 1774 · London : Printed for J.J. Stockdale ... · leaf 29
n 18 CHINA, ITS COSTUME, we bestow on ours, absurd and extrava-gant. . It is undoubtedly with a viewto prevent the Chinese women being in-fluenced by examples which might havea dangerous effect on their minds, thatforeign females are strictly prohibited en-tering; China. The Russian legationwhich… … I&ZSE M2S.2L /,./■•% .///v//,v/./,, [[.Stockdaii .///;,//Mf/// ARTS, AND MANUFACTURES. 19 METHOD OF GRINDING RICE BY TWOMULES. xiiCE is as necessary to the subsistence ofthe Chinese, as wheaten bread is to thatof the Europeans. When two friendsmeet and salute, they reciprocally inquirehow they…
