| 1821 - 724 pages
...Indostan, &c. The mere antiquity of Asiatic things, of their institutions, histories, modes of faith, &c. is so impressive, that to me the vast age of the race...name overpowers the sense of youth in the individual. A young Chinese seems to me an antediluvian man renewed. Even Englishmen, thought not bred in any knowledge... | |
| 1822 - 962 pages
...Indostan, &c. The mere antiquity of Asiatic things, of their institutions, histories, modes of faith, &c., is so impressive, that to me the vast age of the race and name overpowers tile sense of youth in the individual. A young Chinese seems to me an antediluvian man renewed. Even... | |
| 1823 - 478 pages
...Indostan, &c. The mere antiquity of Asiatic things, of their institutions, histories, modes of faith, &c., is so impressive, that to me the vast age of the race...overpowers the •sense of youth in the individual. A young Chinese seems to me an antediluvian man renewed. Even Englishmen, though not bred in any knowledge... | |
| Thomas Ignatius M. Forster - 1824 - 846 pages
...Indostan. The mere antiquity of the Asiatic things, of their institutions, histories, modes of faith, Sec., is so impressive, that to me the vast age of the race...name overpowers the sense of youth in the individual. A young Chinese seems to me an antediluvian man renewed — even Englishmen, though not bred in any... | |
| Edward Mammatt - 1836 - 370 pages
...of Hindostan. The mere antiquity of Asiatic things, their institutions, histories, modes of faith, is so impressive, that to me the vast age of the race...name overpowers the sense of youth in the individual. A young Chinese appears to me an antediluvian man renewed. Even Englishmen, though not bred in any... | |
| 1836 - 744 pages
...of Hindostan. The mere antiquity of Asiatic things, their institutions, histories, modes of faith, is so impressive, that to me the vast age of the race and name overpowers the sense of youth in-the individual. A young Chinese appears to me an antediluvian man renewed. Even Englishmen, though... | |
| Charles Toogood Downing - 1838 - 354 pages
...expressed: "The mere antiquity of Asiatic things, of their institutions, histories^ modes of faith, &c., is so impressive, that to me the vast age of the race...name overpowers the sense of youth in the individual. A young Chinese appears to me an antediluvian man renewed." With kindly feelings towards the " black... | |
| Charles Toogood Downing - 1838 - 390 pages
...expressed : " The mere antiquity of Asiatic things, of their institutions, histories, modes of faith, &c., is so impressive, that to me the vast age of the race...name overpowers the sense of youth in the individual. A young Chinese appears to me an antediluvian man renewed." With kindly feelings towards the "blackhaired... | |
| Half hours - 1847 - 560 pages
...Indostan, &c. The mere antiquity of Asiatic things, of their institutions, histories, modes of faith, &c., is so impressive, that to me the vast age of the race...name overpowers the sense of youth in the individual. A young Chinese seems to me an antediluvian man renewed. Even Englishmen, though not bred in any knowledge... | |
| Thomas De Quincey - 1847 - 270 pages
...Indostan, &c. The mere antiquity of Asiatic things, of their institutions, histories, modes of faith, &c., is so impressive, that to me the vast age of the race and uame overpowers the sense of youth in the individual. A young Chinese seems to me an antediluvian man... | |
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