China and the West

Goldsmith, Oliver. An history of the earth and animated nature [ID D26915].
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Vol. 1, S. 59 : There are mountains in China, which have the appearance of the head of a dragon, a tiger, or a bear.
Vol. 1, S. 66 : So the Chinese earth, of which porcelain is made, is nothing more than an artificial composition of earth and water, united by heat ; and which a greater degree of heat could easily separate.
Vol. 1, S. 77 The larchest rivers in Asia are, the Hohan-ho, in China, which is eight hundred and fifty leagues in length, computing from its source at Raja Ribron, to its mouth in the gulf of Changi.
Vol. 1, S. 166 : The passion for couloured teeth obtains also in China and Japan ; where, to complete their idea of beauty, the object of desire must have litte eyes, mearly closed, feet extremely small, and a waist far from being shapely.
Vol. 1, S. 170 : The under jaw in a Chinese face falls greatly more backward than with us ; and I am told the difference is half an inch, when the mouth is shut naturally.
Vol. 1, S. 197 : The Chinese for instance, have neither flats nor sharps in their music ; but the intervals beween their other notes, are in the same proportion with ours.
Vol. 1, S. 202 : This fact was ascertained, in China, in 1784, when Kien Long ordered all the oldest men in the empire to be brought before him, when, out of a population of two hundred millions, only four persons could be found whose ages exceeded a hundred.
Vol. 1, S. 211 : That they come from the stock, is evident also from this, that the Tartars who settle in China, quickly resemble the Chinese ; and, on the contrary, the Chinese who settle in Tartary, soon assume the figure and the manners of the Tartars.
Vol. 2, S 112 : In China, where killing and dressing dogs is a trade, whenever one of these people move out, all the dogs of the village, or the street, are sure to be after him. This I should hardly have believed, but that I have seen more than one instance of it among ourselves.