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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Excerpt from Christ or Confucius, Which?, Or the Story of the Amoy MissionIf this book should, in any small degree, help to inspire the hearts of its readers with a more profound sympathy for missionary work, and should lead the Christian Churches to recognise more fully the duty and joy of sending the Gospel to their heathen brethren in China, then, indeed, would my heart's desire be satisfied, and I should be more than repaid for the time an...

Excerpt from The Works of the Rev. John Macgowan, Vol. 1 of 2: Illustrated With a PortraitI soon found that my precautions were far from being unnecessary for I saw, by the feeble light which glim mered m the place, a form most frightful making directly towards me. My heart bounced ln my breast with terror, and swift as a bare pressed by sanguine hounds, I ran to my little sanctuary. No sooner had I entered it, but the fiend stalked up to the ...

Excerpt from Death, A Vision, or the Solemn Departure of Saints and Sinners: Represented Under the Similitude of a DreamGive me leave to deal plainly with thee for once my reader, - for God, thy judge, will one day, and that perhaps very soon, be plain, justly, and strictly exact with thee, and with every one, will call thee to a severe account for the thoughtlessness of thy ways yea, and visit upon thee the sad ef fects of thine own inconside...

Excerpt from The Life of Joseph, the Son of Israel: In Eight Books, Chiefly Designed to Allure Young Minds to a Love of the Sacred ScripturesI wrote with caution, always keeping 111 1 my eye the peopleobove referred to, and 1 was cautious of offending them, for I know that it is pofiible for a man to be i deemed an heretic, for a few things which to them appear to be new andb out of 1 the beaten tract of orthodoxy therefore I had a rel'traint ...

Excerpt from Infernal Conference, Vol. 1 of 2: Or, Dialogues of Devils, on the Many Vices Which Abound in the Civil and Religious WorldMy curiosity continually prompting me, at last conquered my native timidity, and I re solved, if possible, to find an entrance into this unfrequented, unknown, and dreadful place.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis...

Excerpt from How England Saved ChinaIn saying this they fail to recognize how much the England of to-day owes to the missionaries who brought Christianity to it, when it was barbarous and uncivilized. Neither have they read the history of other lands and marked how some of them have been elevated by English missionaries, and how the English ¿ag is looked upon as the symbol of freedom and justice, in a large measure through the heroic services ...

Excerpt from The Life of Joseph, the Son of Israel: In Eight Books, Chiefly Designed to Allure Young Minds to a Love of the Sacred ScripturesBility. I have indeed ventured upona few conjefitures fietitious po¿ibilities, which fome very grave reader may Iper haps be offended with, but in this am kept in countenance by the molt ortho dox Of Our commentators, who all have their fuppofitions conjeélures on ma, ny places of facred fcripture. It may...

Excerpt from Infernal Conference Or, Dialogues of Devils on the Many Vices Which Abound, Vol. 2 of 2: In the Civil and Religious WorldDr. Ringwood and Dr. Jowler, the celebrated tutors of his kennel. Their maxims he perfectly understands, and their virtues he has adopted, but five thousand a year you know, makes the study of the kennel truly classical.Talk you of Orpheus to him his worship proposes the virtue of Ringwood to your consideration....

Excerpt from Socinianism Brought to the Test, or Jesus Christ Proved to Be Either the Adorable God, or a Notorious Impostor: In Twenty Letters to the Reverend Doctor Priestley, in Which It Appears, That if Jesus Christ Is Not a Divine Person the Mohammedan Is, in All Respects, Preferable to the Christian Religion, and the Koran a Better Book Than the BibleTéat yew: christ i: not a Divine Person tfie M 06077277266161 ix, in all reepeets, pre/z'...

Excerpt from Beside the BambooI am going to take you in imagination a very long journey to the far-off land of China, that we may see with our eyes the strange people that live there. For many a long century they would never permit the men of other lands to look over their fences, or steal a glimpse into their back yards, but now their front doors are open, and Englishmen are welcomed with a smile. But we must be off. The great steamer is lyin...

Excerpt from Sidelights on Chinese LifeIt may be laid down as a general and axiomatic truth, that it is impossible from hearing what a Chinaman says to be quite certain of what he actually means. The reason for this no doubt arises from the fact' that a speaker hardly ever In the first instance touches upon the subject that he has in his mind, but he will dwell upon two or three others that he believes have an Intimate relation with it, and he...

Excerpt from The Foundry Budget Opened, or the Arcanum of Wesleyanism DisclosedN. B. This Treatise 1s sold at Mr. Wesley's Tabernacle. F A circumstance observed with grief in Mr. Sellon's preface, p. 9.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to dig...

Excerpt from The Foundry Budget Opened, or the Arcanum of Wesleyanism DisclosedN. B. This Treatise 1s sold at Mr. Wesley's Tabernacle. F A circumstance observed with grief in Mr. Sellon's preface, p. 9.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to dig...

Excerpt from English and Chinese Dictionary of the Amoy DialectAbove, IE teng, TE fic' teng-bin, TE re3 téng-thau, mi° TE bifi-teng, that limit, 1, J, i-siong.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the...

Excerpt from English and Chinese Dictionary of the Amoy DialectAbove, IE teng, TE fic' teng-bin, TE re3 téng-thau, mi° TE bifi-teng, that limit, 1, J, i-siong.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the...