Volume 2

The world in miniature / edited by Frederic Shoberl.

Date:
[1821-1827?]
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The world in miniature / edited by Frederic Shoberl. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    most opulent employ their capitals either in lending at high interest, or by entering into partnership with Chi- nese, who take upon themselves the whole management of the business. Surrounded by slaves who obey ‘their every motion, they pass their lives in effeminacy and indolence: Their habitations are simply yet com- modiously constructed, furnished with- out elegance, but clean and airy. They are commonly surrounded with trees, the foliage of which, agitated by breezes, keeps them agreeably cool. Two ve- randahs, the roofs of which are sup- ported by pillars, occupy the front and rear of the house, and terminate at each end in a closet. The interior is