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OldChinaIhaveanalmostfemininepartialityforoldChina.WhenIgotoseeanygreathouse,Iinquireforthechina-closet,andnextforthepicturegallery.Icannotdefendtheorderofpreference,butbysaying,thatwehaveallsometasteorother,oftooancientadatetoadmitofourrememberingdistinctlythatitwasanacquiredone.Icancalltomindthefirstplay,andthefirstexhibition,thatIwastakento;butIamnotconsciousofatimewhenchinajarsandsaucerswereintroducedintomyimagination.Ihadnorepugnancethen-whyshouldInowhave?-tothoselittle,lawless,azure-tincturedgrotesques,thatunderthenotionofmenandwomen,floatabout,uncircumscribedbyanyelement,inthatworldbeforeperspective-achinatea-cup.
OldChinaIhaveanalmostfemininepartialityforoldChina.WhenIgotoseeanygreathouse, Iinquireforthechina-closet, andnextforthepicturegallery.Icannotdefendtheorderofpreference, butbysaying, thatwehaveallsometasteorother, oftooancientadatetoadmitofourrememberingdistinctlythatitwasanacquiredone.Icancalltomindthefirstplay, andthefirstexhibition, thatIwastakento;? ButIamnotconsciousofatimewhenchinajarsandsaucerswereintroducedintomyimagination.Ihadnorepugnancethen-whyshouldInowhave -tothoselittle, lawless, azure-tincturedgrotesques, thatunderthenotionofmenandwomen, floatabout, uncircumscribedbyanyelement, inthatworldbeforeperspective-achinatea-cup .