ChinaT. Fisher Unwin, 1899 - 456 pàgines |
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Pàgina 33
... allowed to return to his capital on the condition that he and his successors should pay a regular tribute to the Court of China . Up to the time of our taking possession of Burma this tribute was regularly paid ; and unfortunately even ...
... allowed to return to his capital on the condition that he and his successors should pay a regular tribute to the Court of China . Up to the time of our taking possession of Burma this tribute was regularly paid ; and unfortunately even ...
Pàgina 50
... allowed the Portuguese to settle on the peninsula of Macao in exchange for an annual rental . To say that the lives of these men were precarious would certainly not be over - stating the case . They were constantly engaged in conflicts ...
... allowed the Portuguese to settle on the peninsula of Macao in exchange for an annual rental . To say that the lives of these men were precarious would certainly not be over - stating the case . They were constantly engaged in conflicts ...
Pàgina 54
... allowed myself to be deceived by impostors , who promised me the secret of immortality . This delusion has led me to set a bad example to both my magnates and my people . I desire to repair the evil by this edict , which is to be ...
... allowed myself to be deceived by impostors , who promised me the secret of immortality . This delusion has led me to set a bad example to both my magnates and my people . I desire to repair the evil by this edict , which is to be ...
Pàgina 60
... allowed to perish with him . In 1628 John Adam Schall arrived in China , and pro- ceeded to Peking , where , under Imperial patronage , he was appointed Astronomer - Royal , and was deputed to rearrange the Imperial Calendar . Under the ...
... allowed to perish with him . In 1628 John Adam Schall arrived in China , and pro- ceeded to Peking , where , under Imperial patronage , he was appointed Astronomer - Royal , and was deputed to rearrange the Imperial Calendar . Under the ...
Pàgina 62
... allowed by the Jesuits in matters of religious forms . With the wisdom of the serpent , and , as it had hitherto proved , with the harmlessness of the dove , the Jesuits , in their desire to gain intellectual dominion over the people ...
... allowed by the Jesuits in matters of religious forms . With the wisdom of the serpent , and , as it had hitherto proved , with the harmlessness of the dove , the Jesuits , in their desire to gain intellectual dominion over the people ...
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Pàgina 120 - The lovely Thais by his side, Sat like a blooming eastern bride, In flower of youth and beauty's pride. — Happy, happy...
Pàgina 214 - The merchants of Great Britain wish to trade with all China on principles of mutual benefit; they will never relax in their exertions till they gain a point of equal importance to both countries, and the viceroy will find it as easy to stop the current of the Canton river, as to carry into effect the insane determinations of the hong.
Pàgina 364 - ... sectaries drank up the blood, greedily tore asunder the quivering members, and pledged themselves to eternal secrecy by a mutual consciousness of guilt. It was as confidently affirmed that this inhuman sacrifice was succeeded by a suitable entertainment, in which intemperance served as a...