Chronology Entry
Year
1800.01.17
Text
Letter from Robert Southey to John Rickman, 17.1.1800
"Am I then right in referring the inferiority of the Orientals to polygamy as the chief cause? China is a paradox in every thing – one might as well draw an inference from the or an objection from the Man in the Moon, who by the by looks of the Chinese breed by his broad face & his no eyebrows."
"Am I then right in referring the inferiority of the Orientals to polygamy as the chief cause? China is a paradox in every thing – one might as well draw an inference from the or an objection from the Man in the Moon, who by the by looks of the Chinese breed by his broad face & his no eyebrows."
Mentioned People (1)
Southey, Robert
(Bristol 1774-1843 Keswick) : Dichter, Kritiker
Subjects
Literature : Occident : Great Britain
Documents (1)
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