ChinaT. Fisher Unwin, 1899 - 456 pàgines |
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Pàgina 4
Sir Robert Kennaway Douglas. River . It is unnecessary here to discuss at any further length the early habitat of the Chinese people . In this work we are mainly interested in them after their arrival in China , and for the purpose of ...
Sir Robert Kennaway Douglas. River . It is unnecessary here to discuss at any further length the early habitat of the Chinese people . In this work we are mainly interested in them after their arrival in China , and for the purpose of ...
Pàgina 17
... further improving the means of communica- tion in the Empire , and to engineers employed by him belongs the credit , among other enterprises , of having constructed the first suspension bridges known to exist in the world . The Han ...
... further improving the means of communica- tion in the Empire , and to engineers employed by him belongs the credit , among other enterprises , of having constructed the first suspension bridges known to exist in the world . The Han ...
Pàgina 42
... further tells us that , with the true instincts of a law - giver , he recognised that something more than forms , however excellent , was needed , and devoted much time and energy to promoting the practical administration of justice and ...
... further tells us that , with the true instincts of a law - giver , he recognised that something more than forms , however excellent , was needed , and devoted much time and energy to promoting the practical administration of justice and ...
Pàgina 45
... Further , for his own peace , and for the satisfaction of his followers also , he considered it wise that he should be handed down to posterity as the direct heir of Hungwu , and he therefore issued an edict commanding that Chienwên's ...
... Further , for his own peace , and for the satisfaction of his followers also , he considered it wise that he should be handed down to posterity as the direct heir of Hungwu , and he therefore issued an edict commanding that Chienwên's ...
Pàgina 47
... further empha- sised by the capture of the Emperor Chêngt'ung himself . It is evidence of the abject condition to which the Empire was brought at this time , that though the Tartar chieftain offered to release his Imperial prisoner on ...
... further empha- sised by the capture of the Emperor Chêngt'ung himself . It is evidence of the abject condition to which the Empire was brought at this time , that though the Tartar chieftain offered to release his Imperial prisoner on ...
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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...