ChinaT. Fisher Unwin, 1899 - 456 pàgines |
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Pàgina xiii
... conditions - A statesman's career - Lin's fall - Preparations for war- r - British victories Chinese inconsistencies Peace concluded Massacre of Englishmen - Secret societies - The Cantonese obdurate - Hung's visions - Rebel successes ...
... conditions - A statesman's career - Lin's fall - Preparations for war- r - British victories Chinese inconsistencies Peace concluded Massacre of Englishmen - Secret societies - The Cantonese obdurate - Hung's visions - Rebel successes ...
Pàgina 3
... condition of those sciences in Mesopotamia ; and he also drew attention to the fact which recent excavations in Babylonia have brought to our knowledge , that the canals and artificial water - ways of China suggest a striking likeness ...
... condition of those sciences in Mesopotamia ; and he also drew attention to the fact which recent excavations in Babylonia have brought to our knowledge , that the canals and artificial water - ways of China suggest a striking likeness ...
Pàgina 8
... condition is like one crossing a river who can find neither ford nor bank . " To the remonstrances of his ministers Chow Sin 妮姐 turned a deaf ear , and , in a con- versation reported by Confucius , comforted himself with the reflec ...
... condition is like one crossing a river who can find neither ford nor bank . " To the remonstrances of his ministers Chow Sin 妮姐 turned a deaf ear , and , in a con- versation reported by Confucius , comforted himself with the reflec ...
Pàgina 10
... condition of the country at this period , it is necessary to remember that the kingdom was formed of a congerie of states , each of which was ruled over by its own sovereign , and each of which owed the limp and uncertain fealty common ...
... condition of the country at this period , it is necessary to remember that the kingdom was formed of a congerie of states , each of which was ruled over by its own sovereign , and each of which owed the limp and uncertain fealty common ...
Pàgina 11
... condition similar to that described above that Confucius was born . We might leave the legendary accounts of his miraculous birth and early days to the recounters of fables , and it is only necessary for us here briefly to consider his ...
... condition similar to that described above that Confucius was born . We might leave the legendary accounts of his miraculous birth and early days to the recounters of fables , and it is only necessary for us here briefly to consider his ...
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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...