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" Mongols, but are given to agriculture or hunting, according to the part of their country they inhabit. They are of a lighter complexion and slightly heavier build than the Chinese, have the same conformation of the eyelids, but rather more beard, and... "
The Middle Kingdom: A Survey of the ... Chinese Empire and Its Inhabitants ... - Page 38
by Samuel Wells Williams - 1848
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Memoir, Geographical, Political, and Commercial, on the Present State ...

Aaron Haight Palmer, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Library - Agricultural laborers, Foreign - 1848 - 126 pages
...considerable population. The Manchus are stouter and of a lighter complexion than the Chinese : they have the same conformation of the eyelids, but rather...the rudeness and haughtiness of the former. Barrow states that those of the Manchus whom he saw at Pekin had fair and florid complexions'; a few had blue...
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People ...

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1864 - 852 pages
...but are given to agriculture or hunting, according to the part of their country they inhabit. They are of a lighter complexion and slightly heavier build...countenances present greater intellectual capacity. Literary pursuits are more esteemed by them than by Mongolians, and they are less under the priesthood....
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for ..., Volume 6

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1868 - 858 pages
...but are giren и agriculture or hunting, according to the part ci their country they inhabit. They are of a lighter complexion and slightly heavier build...than the Chinese, have the same conformation of the evelids, but rather more beard, and their countenance present greater intellectual capacity. Literary...
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Chambers's Encyclopędia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for ..., Volume 6

Ephraim Chambers - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1870 - 850 pages
...but are given to agriculture or hunting, according to the part of their country they inhabit. They are of a lighter complexion and slightly heavier build...countenances present greater intellectual capacity. Literary pursuits are more esteemed by them than by Mongolians, and they are less under the priesthood....
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The American Cyclopaedia

1873 - 806 pages
...Stoutness, or rather obesity, is much admired ; so are small feet and long finger nails. The Mantchoos are of a lighter complexion and slightly heavier build than the Chinese, have more beard, and their countenances indicate greater intellectual activity. As to the moral and intellectual...
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The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge, Volume 4

George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1873 - 832 pages
...Stoutness, or rather obesity, is much admired ; so are small feet and long finger nails. The Mantchoos are of a lighter complexion and slightly heavier build than the Chinese, have more beard, and their countenances indicate greater intellectual activity. As to the moral and intellectual...
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The popular encyclopedia; or, 'Conversations Lexicon': [ed. by A. Whitelaw ...

Popular encyclopedia - 1877 - 526 pages
...provinces. The Manchoos are a Tungusian race. They are of a lighter complexion and a more powerful build than the Chinese, have the same conformation of the eyelids, but their countenances are far more expressive and intellectual. In the seventeenth century they invaded...
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Chambers's Encyclopędia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People ...

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1878 - 872 pages
...Mongols, but are given to agriculture or hunting, according to the put of their country they inhabit. They are of a lighter complexion and slightly heavier build...conformation of the eyelids, but rather more beard, and their countenance! present greater intellectual capacity. Literary pursuits are more esteemed by them than...
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Library of Universal Knowledge, Volume 9

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1880 - 844 pages
...bin are given to agriculture or hunting, according to the part of their country they inhabit. They are of a lighter complexion and slightly heavier build than the Chinese, have the sair.e conformation of the ejvlids, but rather топ; beard, and thoir countenances present greater...
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Library of Universal Knowledge: A Reprint of the Last (1880 ..., Volume 9

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1881 - 892 pages
...but are given to agriculture or hunting, according to the part of their country they inhabit. They are of a lighter complexion and slightly heavier build...countenances present greater intellectual capacity. Literary pursuits are more esteemed by them than by Mongolians, aud they ire less under the priesthood....
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