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Page xviii
... to Visit Foreign Lands ? 227 XLVI . SHO ( + ) 229 XLVII . KON ( ) . 231 Will Mr.
be Infected with Cholera ? 232 Death of a Cholerate . 233 10 . 4 니 1 XLVIII . SEI )
235 xviii.
... to Visit Foreign Lands ? 227 XLVI . SHO ( + ) 229 XLVII . KON ( ) . 231 Will Mr.
be Infected with Cholera ? 232 Death of a Cholerate . 233 10 . 4 니 1 XLVIII . SEI )
235 xviii.
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After a while our topic of conversation was directed towards the affairs of the
Company , and I spoke as follows :“ Our country is on a single group of islands in
the eastern seas , but I am told that the population is too much for the land .
After a while our topic of conversation was directed towards the affairs of the
Company , and I spoke as follows :“ Our country is on a single group of islands in
the eastern seas , but I am told that the population is too much for the land .
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... until it is too much for the productions of the land , when the Proviilence
endeavours to make its number agree with the capacity of the land , by inflicting
pestilence or over the people , and brings the former down into the proper
amount .
... until it is too much for the productions of the land , when the Proviilence
endeavours to make its number agree with the capacity of the land , by inflicting
pestilence or over the people , and brings the former down into the proper
amount .
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The extent of China is evidently wider than that of France , and her land is more
fertile . But China is “ thunder " and occupies a “ positive and unmiddling position
" : thus the government of the positive stations itself near the border of the country
...
The extent of China is evidently wider than that of France , and her land is more
fertile . But China is “ thunder " and occupies a “ positive and unmiddling position
" : thus the government of the positive stations itself near the border of the country
...
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To rely entirely on punishments is inauspicious ” means that she can not gain on
land . The French navy will perhaps resign itself , as we have the phrase , “ to
unfasten shackles , " in which “ shackles ” refers to the manacle of the harbour .
To rely entirely on punishments is inauspicious ” means that she can not gain on
land . The French navy will perhaps resign itself , as we have the phrase , “ to
unfasten shackles , " in which “ shackles ” refers to the manacle of the harbour .
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| Title | Takashima Ekidan |
| Authors | 嘉右衛門·高島, Shigetake Sugiura |
| Publisher | Keigyōsha, 1893 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 20 Oct 2008 |
| Length | 317 pages |
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