The History of China, Volum 1W. Thacker & Company, 1898 |
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Pàgina 1
... less remote antiquity , made tangible alone for us by the preservation of myths and legends , which afford in their similarity a proof of the affinity of all the races on the earth . The Chinese , like the Jews and the ancient Egyptians ...
... less remote antiquity , made tangible alone for us by the preservation of myths and legends , which afford in their similarity a proof of the affinity of all the races on the earth . The Chinese , like the Jews and the ancient Egyptians ...
Pàgina 15
... less able they became to wield the sword against the enemy , and to resist the arrogance of the proud , the closer they wrapt the purple round them , and sought in the pleasures of the palace to forget the duties of the council chamber ...
... less able they became to wield the sword against the enemy , and to resist the arrogance of the proud , the closer they wrapt the purple round them , and sought in the pleasures of the palace to forget the duties of the council chamber ...
Pàgina 27
... less to tempt the envy of the ambitious . King Wang's reign closed after eighteen years , without any event having hap- pened to give it either interest or importance . His death proved the signal for further disturbances , which seemed ...
... less to tempt the envy of the ambitious . King Wang's reign closed after eighteen years , without any event having hap- pened to give it either interest or importance . His death proved the signal for further disturbances , which seemed ...
Pàgina 35
... less astute than the means he possessed for enforcing it were formidable . Setting one prince against another by promises lavish to excess , but which could be either broken or left unfulfilled as most convenient , he was always able to ...
... less astute than the means he possessed for enforcing it were formidable . Setting one prince against another by promises lavish to excess , but which could be either broken or left unfulfilled as most convenient , he was always able to ...
Pàgina 40
... less forcible than eloquent , to his better judgment : " I do not pause to examine if it may on the present occasion be expedient for private reasons to banish foreigners from your service or to retain them ; all that I insist upon is ...
... less forcible than eloquent , to his better judgment : " I do not pause to examine if it may on the present occasion be expedient for private reasons to banish foreigners from your service or to retain them ; all that I insist upon is ...
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ambition Amursana appeared Asia attack authority battle Bayan became campaign capital capture carried cause chief China Chow command compelled Confucius conquest Corea court Dalai Lama death defeat defence dynasty Eleuths embassy Emperor Emperor of China Empire Empress enemy envoy eunuchs event favour followed force formidable fortune fresh frontier Fuhkien Galdan garrison Genghis hands Hoangho Hongwou honour hostile Hwangti Imperial Jungaria Kaidu Kanghi Kaotsong Kaotsou Keen Lung Khalkas Khitans king kingdom Kins Kublai Leaoutung Lung's Manchus military Ming Ming dynasty ministers Mongols neighbours Noorhachu northern officers overthrow palace peace Pekin person position possession prince principal proclaimed proved province rebels reign remained resolved ruler sent Shensi siege soldiers succeeded success successor Sungs surrender Szchuen Taitsong Taitsou Tangs Tartars thousand throne Tibet Timour town tribes triumph troops Tse Wang Rabdan Tsins victory Vouti Wang Khan Wang Mang Wenti Wou Sankwei Yunnan
Passatges populars
Pàgina 360 - He is of a good stature, neither tall nor short, but of a middle height. He has a becoming amount of flesh, and is very shapely in all his limbs. His complexion is white and red, the eyes black and fine, the nose well formed and well set on." His conquest of Yunnan in ad 1253-54
Pàgina 644 - nobody but you, and in a time of trouble they would listen to no other voice than yours. I know as a matter of fact that we have nothing now to fear, but when the foreign vessels shall come in their thousands and tens of thousands, then it may be that some
Pàgina 297 - of armies, were exalted to a position next to himself. The one was made prince on his right side, the other on his left, for, he said, " It is to you that I owe my Empire. You are and have been to me as the shafts of a carriage, or the arms to a man's body.
Pàgina 45 - written, and it is not difficult to understand why such was the case, that "the skilful disarming of the provinces added daily to the wealth and prosperity of the capital." The Hall of Audience in the palace was ornamented with twelve statues, made from the spoil of his numerous
Pàgina 299 - I thought that your sovereigns were of the race of the gods ; but do you suppose that I am going to do homage to [such an imbecile as that?" Chonghei brooded over this second affront, and allowed his personal pique to so far influence his policy that, when an occasion offered, he did not hesitate to assume
Pàgina 635 - excellently proportioned and above the middle height; all the features of the countenance are regular ; his eyes bright and larger than is usual with his nation ; the nose slightly curved and drooping at the point; and the few marks left by the smallpox detract nothing from the charm which is conspicuous throughout his person.
Pàgina 636 - it would be ungracious, if not impossible, to say in what respect he falls short of complete equality with either, so numerous and conspicuous were his talents and his virtues. His long friendship and high consideration for the Christian missionaries have no doubt contributed to bring his name and the events of his reign more prominently before Europe than
Pàgina 286 - You and your master," he said to the envoy, "deceive yourselves if you believe me to be capable of approving an act of treason, whatever the personal advantage it might procure me. I love all peoples of whatever nation they may be, and I wish to see them at peace with one another.
Pàgina 476 - intrepid, inured to fatigue, despising life, and knowing well how to face death ; although inferior in number, a hundred of them would blush to flee before a thousand foreigners, and, if they did, they would not dare to return to their country. Sentiments such as these, which are instilled into them from their earliest childhood, render them terrible in battle.
Pàgina 638 - the death of his father, and his own accession to the throne, he said that on the advice of his ministers he had entered upon the discharge of his