An Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time, المجلد 8T. Osborne, 1759 |
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الصفحة 56 - A common costume is a shirt, leggins, and moccasons, all of buckakin, over which is thrown, in cold weather, a heavy robe, generally of buffalo-skin, but sometimes of wolf, deer, elk, or beaver. The dress of the women differs but little from that of the men, except that...
الصفحة 105 - IM; where the prince then reigning paid fuch regard to his virtues, and falutary counfels, that, in lefs than three months, not only his court, but his whole dominion, were totally changed for the better; infomuch, that the neighbouring princes were alarmed at the fudden reformation; rightly judging, that the king of Lu would foon become too powerful for them, if he continued to follow his new counfellor's rules.
الصفحة 449 - The human suffering compressed into Caligula's short reign can scarcely be calculated. What would have been the result, had he been allowed to live out his natural term of life? Fortunately for the world, tyranny, when it reaches a certain point, provokes resistance. Caius was struck down in the fourth year of his reign, and the thirtieth of his life, by the swords of two of his guards, whom he had insulted beyond endurance.
الصفحة 468 - Here, being informed that the barks which brought to court the tribute of the fouthern provinces, or carried on the trade of the empire, were obliged to come by fea, and often...
الصفحة 304 - ... and sentences wrote in large characters of the colour of burning sulphur. And afterwards half a dozen branched...
الصفحة 105 - ... beautiful young girls, who had, from their infancy, been brought up to dancing, finging, and all other captivating arts. Thefe were not only received with open arms, both by the king and court, but entertained with fuch frequent feaftings and diverfions.that they prefently abandoned the bufinefs of ftate, to give themfelves up to pleafure.
الصفحة 174 - ... used in punishing theft, is a kind of portable pillory, consisting of two pieces of wood, hollowed in the middle, so as to fit the neck of the offender, and of such a breadth that the wearer can neither see his own feet, nor put his hand to his mouth, so that he must be beholden to some other person for his food. It is made heavier or lighter, according to the nature of the crime, or the favour of the mandarin ; the lightest are about forty or fifty, and some of them even two hundred pounds
الصفحة 482 - Honan ; where he put to death all the mandarins, exaâed great fums from the officers in place, and (bowed no favour to any but the populace, whom he freed from all taxes : by this means he drew fo many to his intereft, that he thought himfelf ftrong enough to aflume the title of emperor.
الصفحة 273 - ... motion of the head. The whole bird adheres to the head by means of the claws, which are fixed in the hair. Ladies of quality fometimes wear feveral of thefe birds made up into a fingle ornament, the workmanfhip of which is veryexpenfive.