The Citizen of the World, Or, Letters from a Chinese Philosopher Residing in London, to His Friends in the East, Volume 1Wm. Otridge and Son, John Walker, James Scatchard, Vernor & Hood, D. Ogilvy and Son, and Darton & Harvey, 1800 |
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abfurd Adieu affured againſt almoſt aſk beauty becauſe buſineſs China Chineſe Confucius converfation cried curiofity dæmon defire deſpiſe diſappointed dreffed eaſtern Engliſh faid fame fancy faſhion fatisfaction fatisfied fays feemed feen fent fentiment ferve fhall fhew fhould fide filk fince firft firſt flaves fociety fome fomething foon friendſhip ftate ftill fubjects fuch fufficient FUM HOAM fuperior fure furpriſed glaſs happineſs herſelf himſelf houſe huſband increaſe inftruct juft juſt lady laft laſt leaſt leſs LETTER LIEN CHI ALTANGI manner maſter meaſure mifery moft moſt mouſe muft muſt myſelf nature never obferved occafion paffion perfon philofopher pleaſed pleaſure poffeffed praiſe prefent prince puniſhment racter reaſon refolved reft reſemble reſpect ſcarce ſee ſeems ſeen ſerved ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſome ſpeak ſtill ſtranger ſuch taſte themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand underſtanding uſe utmoſt virtue whoſe wife wiſdom wiſh
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