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" The mere antiquity of Asiatic things, of their institutions, histories, modes of faith, etc., 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 seems to me an antediluvian man... "
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The London Magazine, Volume 4

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...
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The Album, Volumes 1-2

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...
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The Album, Volume 2

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...
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The perennial calendar, and companion to the almanack, revised and ed. [or ...

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...
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The Analyst: A Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, Natural ..., Volume 4

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...
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The Analyst: A Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature ..., Volumes 3-4

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...
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The Fan-qui in China, in 1836-7, Volume 3

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...
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The Fan-qui in China, in 1836-7, Volume 3

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...
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Half-hours with the best authors, selected by C. Knight, Volume 2

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...
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Confessions of an English Opium-eater

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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