China and the West

1754-1755
Richard Owen Cambridge über China. In : The World. No 1-209 (Jan. 4, 1753-Dec. 30, 1756). (London : Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1753-1756).

No 55 (Jan. 17, 1754).
And as the Chinese knew gunpowder, the ancients the load-stone, and the moderns electricity, many years before they were applied to the benefit of mankind, it will not appear strange if a noble use be at length found for the Hoop, which has, to be sure, till now, afforded mere matter of speculation

No 65 (March 28, 1754).
This gentleman, whose Chinese temple had been blown down a few weeks after it was erected, was comforting himself that he had found in Hanway's travels, a model never yet executed in this part of the world, which, from the advantage of its form, must stand against the most violent gusts of wind in the highest mountains. This was, it seems, a pyramid of heads, after a genuine plan of that great improver, Kouli Khan.

No 76 (June 13, 1754).
And here, as he assures you the grass is short, you are led through all the pleasures of unconnected variety, with this recommendation, that it is a little way from the Palladian portico to the Gothic tower ; from the Lapland to the Chinese-house ; or from the temple of Venus to the hermitage.

No 102 (Dec 12, 1754).
With the rails and buildings of the Chinese, we adopted also for a while their language. A doll of that country we called a joss, and a flight building a pagoda.

No 118 (April 3, 1755).
Whatever may have been reported, whether truly or falsely, of the Chinese gardens, it is certain that we are the first of the Europeans who have been so fortunate in the genius of those who have had the direction of some of our finest spots of ground, that we may now boast a success equal to that profusion of expence which has been destined to promote the rapid progress of this happy enthusiasm.