Macao, the Holy City: The Gem of the Orient Earth

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China Baptist Publication Society, 1905 - Macau - 83 pages
 

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Page 18 - In the middle of the ten pillars of Ionic order are three doors, leading to the temple ; then above range ten pillars of Corinthian order, which constitute five separate niches. In the middle one, above the principal door, we perceive a female figure, trampling on the globe, the emblem of human patriotism, and underneath we read MATER DEI. On each side of the Queen of Heaven, in distinct...
Page 12 - With gentlest waves which ever and anon Break their awakened furies on thy shore. Were these the scenes that poet looked upon, Whose lyre though known to fame knew misery more t They have their glories and earth's diadems Have nought so bright as genius
Page 12 - Gem of the orient earth and open sea, Macao! that in thy lap and on thy breast Hast gathered beauties all the loveliest, Which the sun smiles on in his majesty.
Page 14 - Spirabat olim, carminibus sacrum, Parvumque, quod vivens amavit, Effigie decorabat antrum: Sed jam vetustas, aut manus impia Prostravit, Eheu ! — Triste Silentium Regnare nunc solum videtur Per scopulos, vindes et umbras!
Page 57 - By paying ground rent, the Portuguese acquired the temporary use and profit of Macao ad libitum of the Emperor.
Page 7 - ... row of houses of a large description extends along its length, and has a perfectly Portuguese appearance. Some are coloured pink, some pale yellow, and others white. These houses, with their large windows, extending to the ground, without verandahs, and with curtains, arranged in continental style, convey an idea to the visitor that he has entered a European rather than an Asiatic sea-port. This idea becomes still stronger, by the constant ringing of the church bells, and passing and repassing...
Page 7 - THE view of Macao from the sea is exquisitely fine. The semicircular appearance of the shore, which is unencumbered and unbroken by wharfs or piers, and upon which the surge is continually breaking, and receding in waves of foam, whereon the sun glitters in thousands of sparkling beams, presents a scene of incomparable beauty. The Parade, which is faced with an embankment of stone, fronts the sea, and is about half-a-mile in length.
Page 54 - There are several bays on its NW and western sides. That of Sanchowtang on the NW, appears to have been the one usually frequented by the Portuguese traders, and is the place where St. Francis Xavier was interred. It was then called Tamao, that is, according to Portuguese pronunciation Tangao, or Ta'aou, the great bay. The Portuguese first traded here in 1517. In 1521 they were expelled. They afterwards returned; but before 1542 they appear to have almost deserted it lor Lampac,ao, to the eastward.
Page 9 - ... church of St. Antonio. The retreat of the poet is not a cave, in the common acceptation of the term. On the surface of a gently sloping hill, and between two huge rocks, which seem to have been originally one, but now sundered a few feet apart by some one of nature's freaks, is the spot where Portugal's noblest poet used to sit. Above the cleft rocks, and on them, rests a mass of granite, which served the poet as a covert from the noonday's sun and stormy winds. There have been several additions...

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