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Image from page 193 of “The citizen of the world, or Letters from a Chinese philosopher, residing in London, to his friends in the East” (1794)
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Title: The citizen of the world, or Letters from a Chinese philosopher, residing in London, to his friends in the East
Year: 1794 (1790s)
Authors: Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774
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names, and th.-ir ages : they were oider-ed to write, to Hand upright, to lit, to ftoop, to compli-ment each other, to be drunk, to fpeak the Japenefclanguage, to talk Dutch, to fmg, to eat; in fliort, theywere ordered to do all that could fatisfy the curiofity ofwomen. Imagine, my dear Altangi, a fet of grave men thustransforiTied in.o buffoons, and a^ing a part every whkas honourable as that of thofe inftrutSted animals whicharc Ihewn in the ftreets of Ptrkin to the mob on a holi-day. Yet the ceremony did not end here, for everygreat lord of the court was to be viiited in the famemanner, and their ladies, wlia took the whim from theirhvifbands, were all equally fond of feeing the ihangersperform, even t!ie children feeniing highly diverted withthe dancing Dutchmen. Alas! cried I to myfelf, upon returning from fuch afpe6lacie, is this the nation which affuines luch dignityat tiic court jf Pckin ? Is this that people that appenr JPa]Bsoxss]E.X)]itioi^ dw SiEiLiLjr-aiEBiTJSH CJLAssars
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