The genuine tryal of Dr. Nosmoth, a physician in Pekin; : for the murder of the Mandarin Tonwin, treasurer to the army of the Emperor of China, before the great council of mandarines. / Taken in short hand by the linguist of the English factory.

Date:
1746
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Credit: The genuine tryal of Dr. Nosmoth, a physician in Pekin; : for the murder of the Mandarin Tonwin, treasurer to the army of the Emperor of China, before the great council of mandarines. / Taken in short hand by the linguist of the English factory. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Happlnefs of every individual Subject in that vaft Empire. There are publick Schools in all the Pro¬ vinces and great Cities of the Empire, for the Education of Youth in the liberal as well as mechanick Arts; where the Genius of the Children are carefully ftudied and improved in thofe Arts to which Nature feems to have given them the ftrongeft Bent without confulting the Whim or Pride of the Parents; by this means, it's no rare thing to fee the Son of a Nobleman drudging at the meaneft Handicraft; and that of a Peafant diming in the highed: Orb of Life* Birth, Title, or Riches, give amongft thefe people no Claim to the fmalleft Pre¬ ferment; Merit only recommends the Man to Encouragement in that Sphere of Life, to which his natural Genius has fitted him. When a vacancy in any of the Offices happens, the Candidates are chofen out of the publick Schools ; and the Perfon fitted: for the Employment always is chofen, without Helped of Perfons. In