ChinaT. Fisher Unwin, 1899 - 456 pàgines |
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Pàgina 1
... effects of time and the assaults of her enemies . While the ancient Empires of Egypt , Babylonia , and Assyria have waxed and waned , she has maintained her position in the Eastern world , and has enlarged rather than diminished . her ...
... effects of time and the assaults of her enemies . While the ancient Empires of Egypt , Babylonia , and Assyria have waxed and waned , she has maintained her position in the Eastern world , and has enlarged rather than diminished . her ...
Pàgina 7
... effects of his virtue in these latter days . The people of Yin , both small and great , are given to highway robberies , villainies , and treachery . The nobles and officers imitate one another in violating the laws . Evil - doers receive.
... effects of his virtue in these latter days . The people of Yin , both small and great , are given to highway robberies , villainies , and treachery . The nobles and officers imitate one another in violating the laws . Evil - doers receive.
Pàgina 15
... effect to , notwithstanding the determined resistance of the Literati , many of whom perished at the block rather than commit their cherished volumes to the flames . To a certain extent the immediate effect of the measure was successful ...
... effect to , notwithstanding the determined resistance of the Literati , many of whom perished at the block rather than commit their cherished volumes to the flames . To a certain extent the immediate effect of the measure was successful ...
Pàgina 28
... wine supplied him by Mangu , who himself became maudlin before the friar retired , from the same cause . " The effect of the religious KUBLAI KHAN 29 services was much interfered with also by 28 THE YUAN AND MING DYNASTIES.
... wine supplied him by Mangu , who himself became maudlin before the friar retired , from the same cause . " The effect of the religious KUBLAI KHAN 29 services was much interfered with also by 28 THE YUAN AND MING DYNASTIES.
Pàgina 80
... effect the ruin of the city was to make a breach in the embankment so as to flood , as has often happened in the history of the Empire , the neighbouring districts . A DESPERATE EXPEDIENT 81 A The breach was made , 80 THE RISE OF THE ...
... effect the ruin of the city was to make a breach in the embankment so as to flood , as has often happened in the history of the Empire , the neighbouring districts . A DESPERATE EXPEDIENT 81 A The breach was made , 80 THE RISE OF THE ...
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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...