 | Malthe Conrad Bruun - 1822 - 686 halaman
...inhabitant of Canton. Chinese A Chinese female becomes vain of her beauty in pro" 3 portion to the smallness of her eyes, the protuberance of her lips, the lankness...feet are carefully swathed as tight as possible in their youth, so that when grown up they seem to totter rather than to walk •. Among the men, corpulence,... | |
 | Conrad Malte-Brun - 1827 - 574 halaman
...to the I сцпетс smallness of her eyes, the protuberance of her lips, the lankness and | beamy. blackness of her hair, and the extreme smallness of...feet are carefully swathed as tight as possible in their youth, so that when grown up .they веет to totter rather than to walk.* Among the men, corpulence,... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Americana - 1830 - 632 halaman
...softened their characteristic marks. A Chinese woman is proud of her beauty hi proportion to die smallness of her eyes, the protuberance of her lips, the lankness and blackness of her hair, and the smallness of her feet. The last completes the Chinese idea of beauty, and is obtained by pressure and... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - 1830 - 634 halaman
...their characteristic marks. A Chines* woman is proud of her l>eauty in proportion to the smallness of her eyes, the protuberance of her lips, the lankness and blackness of her hair, and the smalliiesj of her feet. The last completes the Chinese idea of beauty, and is obtained by pressure... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - 1830 - 636 halaman
...their characteristic marks. A Chinese woman is proud of her beauty in proportion to the smallnessof her eyes, the protuberance of her lips, the lankness and blackness of her hair, and the smallness of her feet. The last completes the Chinese idea of beauty, and is obtained by pressure and... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - 1835 - 630 halaman
...softened their characteristic marks. A Chinese woman is proud of her beauty in proportion to the smallness of her eyes, the protuberance of her lips, the lankness and blackness of her hair, and the smallness of her feet. The last completes the Chinese idea of beauty, and is obtained by pressure and... | |
 | Joseph Emerson Worcester - 1844 - 362 halaman
...degradation. The beauty of a woman, according to the notions of the Chinese, consists in the smallness of her eyes, the protuberance of her lips, the lankness and blackness of her hair, and especially in the extreme smallness of her feet. 18. The Chinese architecture is inelegant and clumsy,... | |
 | Joseph Emerson Worcester - 1844 - 356 halaman
...degradation. The beauty of a woman, according to the notions of the Chinese, consists in the smalluess of her eyes, the protuberance of her lips, the lankness and blackness of her hair, ami especially in the extreme smallness of her feet. 18. The Chinese architecture is inelegant and... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Henry Vethake - 1851 - 640 halaman
...their characteristic marks. A Chinese woman is proud of her beauty in proportion to the smallnessof her eyes, the protuberance of her lips, the lankness and blackness of her hair, and the smallne« of her feet. The last completes the Chinese idea of beauty, and is obtained by pressure and... | |
 | RICHARD S. FISHER - 1852 - 734 halaman
...of the plains and sea-coasts. A Chinese female is vain of her beauty in proportion to the smallness of her eyes, the protuberance of her lips, the lankness...of her hair, and the extreme smallness of her feet. Among the men, corpulence, as the indication of an easy life, commands a certain degree of respect... | |
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... the smallness of her feet. The last completes the Chinese idea of beauty, and is obtained by pressure and hindering the growth. By the men, corpulence, as the sign of an easy life, is regarded with respect. Lean |«:ople are considered void of talent. 