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... means of its small but powerful army and the civil commotions which existed in the Empire , succeeded , shortly before the period marked in our history by the execution of Charles 1. , in subduing the whole of China . Among the ...
... means of its small but powerful army and the civil commotions which existed in the Empire , succeeded , shortly before the period marked in our history by the execution of Charles 1. , in subduing the whole of China . Among the ...
Pàgina 29
... means at its disposal.1 The famous Commissioner Lin , despatched from Peking to Canton to see to the matter , was ( pace his Imperial master , who , when trouble came , politely called him " a wooden image " ) a man of energy . Things ...
... means at its disposal.1 The famous Commissioner Lin , despatched from Peking to Canton to see to the matter , was ( pace his Imperial master , who , when trouble came , politely called him " a wooden image " ) a man of energy . Things ...
Pàgina 30
... means established , that the Chinese wished to stop not only the opium trade but all foreign trade . Cession of Hongkong . - Elliott was instructed to seize an island and make a naval demonstration off the Peiho pre- paratory to ...
... means established , that the Chinese wished to stop not only the opium trade but all foreign trade . Cession of Hongkong . - Elliott was instructed to seize an island and make a naval demonstration off the Peiho pre- paratory to ...
Pàgina 77
... means that he has practically acquired a second tongue . Nearly every Chinaman in the more civilised districts can read mechanically , that is , without grasping the significance of much of what he reads . The reason why the strange ...
... means that he has practically acquired a second tongue . Nearly every Chinaman in the more civilised districts can read mechanically , that is , without grasping the significance of much of what he reads . The reason why the strange ...
Pàgina 79
... mean either a fringe , a small boot , or a knife . So , if he wishes to speak of a knife he uses with " yih taou " a classifying word . The classifier which goes with anything held by the hand is " pa , " " to grasp with the hand . " To ...
... mean either a fringe , a small boot , or a knife . So , if he wishes to speak of a knife he uses with " yih taou " a classifying word . The classifier which goes with anything held by the hand is " pa , " " to grasp with the hand . " To ...
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