ChinaT. Fisher Unwin, 1899 - 456 pàgines |
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Pàgina 4
... arrival in China , and for the purpose of this preliminary sketch we are not called upon to go beyond the traditional records of the nation . In the native histories the records of the race are traced back to a period which dwarfs into ...
... arrival in China , and for the purpose of this preliminary sketch we are not called upon to go beyond the traditional records of the nation . In the native histories the records of the race are traced back to a period which dwarfs into ...
Pàgina 7
... arrived . By public oppression of the people , and private outrages on their properties and persons , Chieh Kwei placed himself beyond the pale . With one consent his subjects rose against him under the leadership of a man named T'ang ...
... arrived . By public oppression of the people , and private outrages on their properties and persons , Chieh Kwei placed himself beyond the pale . With one consent his subjects rose against him under the leadership of a man named T'ang ...
Pàgina 9
... arrived from the Kings of Korea , Cochin China , and other distant regions . In his warlike expeditions he was uniformly successful , and he left to his successor a frontier which was respected by his enemies , and an Empire which was ...
... arrived from the Kings of Korea , Cochin China , and other distant regions . In his warlike expeditions he was uniformly successful , and he left to his successor a frontier which was respected by his enemies , and an Empire which was ...
Pàgina 29
... arrived at that great city ( the Mongol capital ) , they went to the Imperial Palace , and there they found the sovereign attended by a great company of barons . So they bent the knee before him , and paid their respects to him with all ...
... arrived at that great city ( the Mongol capital ) , they went to the Imperial Palace , and there they found the sovereign attended by a great company of barons . So they bent the knee before him , and paid their respects to him with all ...
Pàgina 30
... arrival ; and they met . with attention and honour from everybody . " ( The pomp and splendour of the Oriental Court struck the travellers with amazement . Never before had they dreamed of such Imperial splendour . The annual feasts and ...
... arrival ; and they met . with attention and honour from everybody . " ( The pomp and splendour of the Oriental Court struck the travellers with amazement . Never before had they dreamed of such Imperial splendour . The annual feasts and ...
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advance affairs Allies appointed army arrived attack British campaign Canton capital Captain captured Ch'ienlung Chiach'ing China Chinese Chinese Government command Confucius Court death decree defeat despatched difficulty districts Dowager Empresses dynasty edict Emperor Empire enemy English envoys Faithful Prince father favour fleet followed force foreign forts frontier Galdan garrison Gordon hands Heaven honour Hungchang Imperial Imperialists Japanese Jehol Jesuits K'anghsi Korea Koxinga Kublai Kunshan Lord Elgin Lord Macartney Manchu mandarins marched Meanwhile ment Ming Dynasty ministers mission missionaries Mongol murdered Nanking native negotiations neighbourhood occasion officials once palace peace Peking port position possession present Prince Kung prisoners province rebellion rebels received recognised reign returned river sent Shanghai ships Sir Thomas Wade soldiers Soochow sovereign success Szech'uan T'aip'ing T'ungchih Taku Taku forts thousand throne Tientsin tion took trade treaty tribes troops Tsêng Tsungli Yamên Tungchow Viceroy victory walls Wang Yunnan
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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...