The History of China, Volum 2W. Thacker & Company, 1808 - 658 pàgines |
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Pàgina 1
... Never before , and certainly never since , did the Chinese appear a greater and more powerful people in the eyes of the European traveller than they did when the present century , big with the destiny of mighty things , began to dawn ...
... Never before , and certainly never since , did the Chinese appear a greater and more powerful people in the eyes of the European traveller than they did when the present century , big with the destiny of mighty things , began to dawn ...
Pàgina 4
... never presents itself to their mind . Although the natural character of the people is not marked by truthfulness , the pride of the literary official class makes accuracy , or at least the attempt to be accurate , a cardinal virtue in ...
... never presents itself to their mind . Although the natural character of the people is not marked by truthfulness , the pride of the literary official class makes accuracy , or at least the attempt to be accurate , a cardinal virtue in ...
Pàgina 6
... never refused to measures that have the tendency to show that a nation is the superior of any other . But when it proved impossible , it became the cause of much national misery and misfortune . The antipathy to the inhabitants of a ...
... never refused to measures that have the tendency to show that a nation is the superior of any other . But when it proved impossible , it became the cause of much national misery and misfortune . The antipathy to the inhabitants of a ...
Pàgina 7
... never allowed himself to forget the narrow escape he had had ; and while he often expressed surprise at their turpitude , he never after- wards permitted his kinsmen to pass out of the range of his suspicion . The peculiar feature of ...
... never allowed himself to forget the narrow escape he had had ; and while he often expressed surprise at their turpitude , he never after- wards permitted his kinsmen to pass out of the range of his suspicion . The peculiar feature of ...
Pàgina 12
... never been revealed or discovered , treachery , or want of the necessary zeal in carrying out the behests of the order , was punished by death , inflicted by a chosen delegate , or more than one , as representative of the injured ...
... never been revealed or discovered , treachery , or want of the necessary zeal in carrying out the behests of the order , was punished by death , inflicted by a chosen delegate , or more than one , as representative of the injured ...
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army arrangement arrived ARTICLE attack British Burgevine Canton Canton river capital Captain capture carried Chinese authorities Chinese Government Chinese officials Chung Wang command Commissioner Consul defence despatch duty edict Emperor of China Empire Empress English Europeans favour fire fleet force foreign forts French garrison guns Hienfung Hongkong honour hostile Hung Chang Imperial Imperialists important intercourse Japanese junks Kashgar Kiaking Li Hung Chang Lord Elgin loss Mahomedan Majesty the Emperor Majesty's Major Gordon Manchu mandarins matter ment merchants Michael Seymour military ministers months Nankin Ningpo obtained officers opium peace Peiho Pekin Pekin Government Plenipotentiary ports position possession Prince Kung proceeded province Quinsan ratifications rebels reign residence river ruler Russian sent Shanghai Soochow subjects success surrender Taepings Taoukwang Tartar Tien Wang Tientsin tion Tonquin town trade Treaty Treaty of Tientsin troops Tseng vessels Viceroy Wei Hai Wei Yamen Yunnan
Passatges populars
Pàgina 572 - ... mutual benefit, and, for that purpose, have named as their Plenipotentiaries, that is to say: || Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland...
Pàgina 559 - ... have resolved to conclude a Treaty for that purpose, and have therefore named as their Plenipotentiaries, that is to say: Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, Sir Henry Pottinger, Bart., a Major-General in the employ of the East India Company, etc.; And His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of China...
Pàgina 360 - China had recovered from her internal confusion, there was nothing to be gained and much to be lost by protracted resistance to the peoples of the West.
Pàgina 605 - Inasmuch as inquiry into the circumstances by the Chinese Government has shown the existence of many obstacles to the mission to Thibet provided for in the separate article of the Chefoo Agreement, England consents to countermand the mission forthwith. With regard to the desire of the British Government to consider arrangements for frontier trade between India and Thibet, it will be the duty of the Chinese Government, after careful inquiry into the circumstances, to adopt measures to exhort and encourage...
Pàgina 608 - Commission will enter upon its duties as soon as possible, and will bring its labours to a conclusion within the period of one year after appointment. The alignments laid down in this Act shall, however, be maintained until the rectifications of the Delimitation Commission, if any are made, shall have received the approval of the Governments of Japan and China.
Pàgina 593 - It is further understood that so long as the laws of the two countries differ from each other, there can be but one principle ' to guide judicial proceedings in mixed cases in China, namely, that the case is tried by the official of the defendant's nationality, the official of the plaintiff's nationality merely attending to watch the proceedings in the interests of justice. If the...
Pàgina 592 - YamSn shall address a circular to the Legations, inviting Foreign Representatives to consider with them a code of etiquette, to the end that foreign officials in China, whether at the ports or elsewhere, may be treated with the same regard as is shown them when serving abroad in other countries, and as would be shown to Chinese Agents so serving abroad.
Pàgina 594 - British merchants, when opium is brought into port, will be obliged to have it taken cognizance of by the Customs, and deposited in bond, either in a warehouse or a receiving hulk, until such time as there is a sale for it. The importer will then pay the tariff duty upon it, and the purchasers the likin ; in order to the prevention of the evasion of the duty.
Pàgina 144 - The three principal points on which these negotiations were to be based were compensation for losses and expenses, a friendly and becoming intercourse on terms of equality between officers of the two countries, and the cession of insular territory for commerce and for the residence of merchants, and as a security and guarantee against the future renewal of offensive acts.
Pàgina 589 - Her Britannic Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of China, and Li, Minister Plenipotentiary of His Majesty the Emperor of China, Senior Grand Secretary, Governor-General of the Province of Chih-li, of the First Class of the Third Order of Nobility.