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The General History Of China:

man , of a reddish grey marble , very ill polished and adorned with , mouldings . All these courts are surrounded with low buildings covered with yejlow tiles : At the bottom of this third court there is a large buildjug flanked with two pavilions which join two wings , and are terminated by two other pavilions like the first , that is , with double roofeand surrounded with galleries the same as the wingsand the

, , bottom of the building , which is raised on a platform of bricks with its parapet , and little embrasures , and is near thirty-five feet hi gh : the level of the platform , which is six feet hi gher than the level of the ground , is built of marble ; there are three gates at the bottom like the former , tvith this difference , that the nails and plates of iron are ilt ; there were guards at this gate .

g After we had passed ' through these three courts , which have nothing remarkable excepting their extent , we went into a fourth , ' xvhicfi is near fourscore geometrical paces square , and very pleasant ; it is surrounded with galleries that are interrupted , at proper distances , with little open halls somewhat hi gher , over against which there are steps of white marble which go quite round .

This court has a little canal in it , which is lined with white marble ; the sides are adorned with balisters of the same kind ; there are four or five bridges over this canal of one arch , of white marble , and adorned with mouldings and basso relievos ; in the bottom of this court there is a large and magnificent hall , which has three fine stair-cases to go up to it , whose flights are adorned with

balisters of the same . The fifth court is near the same form and size ; there are in it large perrons raised in the form of a square three stories hi gh , and adorned at each story with balisters of white marble . These perrons take up near half the length of the court , and near two thirds of its breadth ; it is about ei ghteen feet hi gh , built upon a fcase of marble of Slumwhich is and onlsix feet hi

, coarser y gh : there are three stair-cases that ascend to the " top , that of the middle is the most considerable ; on the top of the perrons are eight vases of copper near seven feet high , and at the bottom of the middle stair-case are two large copper lions : these perrons are over against a hirge and magnificent hall , where the Emperor receives the memorials and petitionswhich the Mandarins of the Sovereio-n

Tri-, bunals come to present him daily , after having performed the accustomed ceremony of bowing at the foot of the great stairs . Afterwards we passed through two other such courts ; with pervons of the same form and manner , and surrounded with the like fa ( ii ! dirigs ,-and stair-cases with balisters round them : after we had crossed the last of these courts we were conducted through a door on

the right hand , which brought us into another court , whose length was near 200 paces : it is a kind . of hippodrome , * ( a place for tilting , or horse-racing ) at the end of which on the left hand there is a great hall which stands open ; we found guards there , and waited till the mandarin , who was to conduct us into the apartment of the Emperor , cams to us , - ' { To be continued ,

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LONDON: Article 1
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 2
THE FREEMASONS' 'MAGAZINE: OR, GENERAL AND COMPLETE LIBRARY. Article 3
THE LIGHT AND TRUTH OF MASONRY EXPLAINED, BEING THE SUBSTANCE OF A CHARGE Article 8
TO THE PRINTER OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 11
ANECDOTES OF DR. GOLDSMITH. Article 13
THOUGHTS ON THE FOUNDERING OF SHIPS. Article 19
SIR PETER PARKER, BART. D.G.M. Article 20
SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF THOMAS DUNCKERLEY, ESQ. P.G.M. Article 23
ANECDOTE OF M. DE MONTESQUIEU. Article 28
TO THE PRINTER OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 29
Untitled Article 29
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE, Article 32
Untitled Article 33
FAITH. Article 34
MERMAIDS NOT FABULOUS, Article 35
ON THE DISCIPLINE OF THE UNIVERSITY. Article 41
INSTANCE OF THE SEVERITY OF THE PENAL LAWS Article 43
ON THE BENEFITS OF LITERATURE. Article 45
A VIEW OF THE PROGRESS OF NAVIGATION. Article 47
THE GENERAL HISTORY OF CHINA: Article 51
A PICTURE OF PIETY AND ŒCONOMY. Article 56
ANTIENT CHARTERS. Article 58
ON FRIENDSHIP. Article 60
Untitled Article 62
COMMENTS ON STERNE. Article 63
DR. JOHN HUNTER, THE LATE JUSTLY CELEBRATED ANATOMIST. Article 68
TRAITS IN THE LIFE OF THE LATE UNFORTUNATE QUEEN OF FRANCE. Article 70
STRICTURES ON PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 73
POETRY. Article 76
THE FORSAKEN FAIR. Article 78
TO THE PRINTER OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 79
THE QUEEN OF FRANCE's LAMENTATION, BEFORE HER EXECUTION. Article 80
FOREIGN OCCURRENCES. Article 81
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 82
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Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.

The General History Of China:

man , of a reddish grey marble , very ill polished and adorned with , mouldings . All these courts are surrounded with low buildings covered with yejlow tiles : At the bottom of this third court there is a large buildjug flanked with two pavilions which join two wings , and are terminated by two other pavilions like the first , that is , with double roofeand surrounded with galleries the same as the wingsand the

, , bottom of the building , which is raised on a platform of bricks with its parapet , and little embrasures , and is near thirty-five feet hi gh : the level of the platform , which is six feet hi gher than the level of the ground , is built of marble ; there are three gates at the bottom like the former , tvith this difference , that the nails and plates of iron are ilt ; there were guards at this gate .

g After we had passed ' through these three courts , which have nothing remarkable excepting their extent , we went into a fourth , ' xvhicfi is near fourscore geometrical paces square , and very pleasant ; it is surrounded with galleries that are interrupted , at proper distances , with little open halls somewhat hi gher , over against which there are steps of white marble which go quite round .

This court has a little canal in it , which is lined with white marble ; the sides are adorned with balisters of the same kind ; there are four or five bridges over this canal of one arch , of white marble , and adorned with mouldings and basso relievos ; in the bottom of this court there is a large and magnificent hall , which has three fine stair-cases to go up to it , whose flights are adorned with

balisters of the same . The fifth court is near the same form and size ; there are in it large perrons raised in the form of a square three stories hi gh , and adorned at each story with balisters of white marble . These perrons take up near half the length of the court , and near two thirds of its breadth ; it is about ei ghteen feet hi gh , built upon a fcase of marble of Slumwhich is and onlsix feet hi

, coarser y gh : there are three stair-cases that ascend to the " top , that of the middle is the most considerable ; on the top of the perrons are eight vases of copper near seven feet high , and at the bottom of the middle stair-case are two large copper lions : these perrons are over against a hirge and magnificent hall , where the Emperor receives the memorials and petitionswhich the Mandarins of the Sovereio-n

Tri-, bunals come to present him daily , after having performed the accustomed ceremony of bowing at the foot of the great stairs . Afterwards we passed through two other such courts ; with pervons of the same form and manner , and surrounded with the like fa ( ii ! dirigs ,-and stair-cases with balisters round them : after we had crossed the last of these courts we were conducted through a door on

the right hand , which brought us into another court , whose length was near 200 paces : it is a kind . of hippodrome , * ( a place for tilting , or horse-racing ) at the end of which on the left hand there is a great hall which stands open ; we found guards there , and waited till the mandarin , who was to conduct us into the apartment of the Emperor , cams to us , - ' { To be continued ,

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