1819

Byron, George Gordon. Don Juan ; with a biographical account of Lord Byron and his family ; anecdotes of his Lordhip's travels and residence in Greece, at Geneva, & c. : canto III. (London : Printed for William Wright, 1819).
Byron's knowledge concerning the Chinese went little beyond what was available in the writings of the early European missionaries who had visited China.
Er schreibt :
"Just as a mandarin finds nothing fine,
At least his manner suffers not to guess
That any thing he views can greatly please.
Perhaps we have borrow'd this from the Chinese."
"Or seen Timbuctoo, or hath taken tea
In small-eyed China's crockery-ware metropolis."