 ... without scruple and without remorse. The Europeans have found by experience that no confidence whatever can, in general, be placed in the Chinese ; though, as I before told you, there are some honourable exceptions. Thus I have given you a sketch...  The Tales of Peter Parley about Asia - Page 58by Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1845 - 135 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Peter Parley (pseud.) - Civilization - 1854 - 474 pages
...exceptions. Thus I have given you a sketch of China. It is one of the most extensive kingdoms, and is by far the most populous, in the world. Enjoying a...of nature, still, if the people of 'a country are in religious darkness, and degraded by the influence of a despotic government, that country is unhappy.... | |
 | Peter Parley (pseud.) - 1866 - 560 pages
...exceptions. Thus I have given you a sketch of China. It is one of the most extensive kingdoms, and is by far the most populous, in the world. Enjoying a...than pleasant to contemplate it. However beautiful the aspect of nature may be, still, if the people of a country are in religious darkness, and degraded... | |
 | Bruce A. Harvey - Literary Criticism - 2001 - 348 pages
...Parley about Asia we are reminded that however picturesque and fertile the countryside of China is, it is "still rather painful, than pleasant, to contemplate...government and an idolatrous religion, that country is unhappy."54 Such descriptions can be dismissed as being only didactic and ethnocentric, but in doing... | |
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