 | Jean-Baptiste Grosier - China - 1788 - 626 pages
...to be feen ; an obfervatory at prefent neglected, temples, tombs of the emperors, and other fuperb monuments, of which nothing remains but the remembrance. A third of the city is deferted, but the reft is well inhabited. Some quarters of it are extremely populous and full of buunefs.... | |
 | Clement Cruttwell - 1798 - 786 pages
...to be ftcn ; an obfervatory, at prefcnt neglected, temples, tombs of the emperors, and other fjperb monuments, of which nothing remains but the remembrance. A third of the city it deferted, but the reft is well inhabited. Some quarters of it are extremely populous and full of... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1813 - 830 pages
...public acts. Nan-king has lost much of ils ancient splendour: it had formerly a magnificent palace, no vestige of which is now to be seen ; an observatory,...remembrance. A third of the city is deserted, but the rest ¡swell inhabited. Some quarters of it are extremely populous and full of business. The streets are... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1819 - 788 pages
...has lost much of its ancient splendour : it had formerly a magnificent palace, no vestige of which in now to be seen ; an observatory, at present neglected ; temples, tombs of the emperors, and oilier supeib monuments, of which nothing remains bat the remembrance. A third of the city is deserted,... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 820 pages
...lost much of its ancient splendor. Accord ing to the Chinese, it had formerly a magnificent palace, no vestige of which is now to be seen ; an observatory...other superb monuments, of which nothing remains. A -third of the city is deserted, but the rest is populous and busy, particularly in the manufacture... | |
 | Aaron Arrowsmith - Geography - 1831 - 970 pages
...famous. It had formerly a magnificent palace, which was destroyed by the Mantchm Tartars ; a famous observatory, at present neglected ; temples, tombs...monuments, of which nothing remains but the remembrance. More than a third of the city is deserted, and the remainder is by no means well peopled. The most... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1832 - 626 pages
...lost much of its ancient splendor. It had formerly a magnificent palace, no vestige of which is uow to be seen ; an observatory, at present neglected...inhabited. Some quarters of it are extremely populous, mid full of business. It is still the first city in China with regard to manufactures. The staple one... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Americana - 1832 - 620 pages
...palace, no vestige of which is ПОЛУ to be seen ; an observatory, at present neglected ; temple», tombs of the emperors, and other superb monuments,...is deserted, but the rest is well inhabited. Some quaners of it are extremely populous, and full of business. It is still the first city in China with... | |
 | Francis Lieber - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1832 - 632 pages
...public acts. Nan-king bus lost much of its ancient splendor. It had formerly a magnificent |ndacr, no vestige of which is now to be seen ; an observatory, at present neglected ; temples, tomlw of the empören, and other superb monuments, of NA.IKEEN, or NANKING; a sort of cotton cloth,... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1835 - 620 pages
...public acts. Nan-king has lost much of its ancient splendor. It had formerly a magnificent palace, no vestige of which is now to be seen ; an observatory, at present neglected ; temples, tombs of the emperora, and other superb monuments, of which nothing remains but the remembrance. A third of tho... | |
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... superb monuments, of which nothing remains but the remembrance. A third of the city is deserted, but the rest is well inhabited. Some quarters of it are extremely populous, and full of business. 