immortal and mercyless butchery

I could not, indeed, so strangely misreason as to suppose that sensual indulgence produced superior intelect; but I supposed that in some instances superior intellect might cause sensual indulgence.

This country is divided into ſixteen provinces, fifteen of which lie within the great wall, and the other without.…Such are the boundaries and divisions of China Proper, from the most authentic accounts ;…

The bull gored the matador.