ChinaT. Fisher Unwin, 1899 - 456 pàgines |
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Pàgina 2
... gained rather by peaceful advance than by force of arms . In almost every respect we are taught by their records that they differed essentially from the tribes by whom they first found themselves sur- rounded , and hence the question ...
... gained rather by peaceful advance than by force of arms . In almost every respect we are taught by their records that they differed essentially from the tribes by whom they first found themselves sur- rounded , and hence the question ...
Pàgina 15
... gained for its author very general support . With genuine zeal he also set himself to improve the material condition of the country , and recognising the importance , both political and commercial , of providing means of communication ...
... gained for its author very general support . With genuine zeal he also set himself to improve the material condition of the country , and recognising the importance , both political and commercial , of providing means of communication ...
Pàgina 19
... received partial support , now gained powerful protectors in the sove- reigns of the new line . It was during this period that the Chinese Buddhist Fa - hsien , made an expe- dition to India to examine the sites sacred to the.
... received partial support , now gained powerful protectors in the sove- reigns of the new line . It was during this period that the Chinese Buddhist Fa - hsien , made an expe- dition to India to examine the sites sacred to the.
Pàgina 32
... gained striking distance . Those whose fortune it has been to travel through Western China , and to cross the many mountain ranges over which the only roads . are narrow pathways , fitted rather for goats than for human beings , will ...
... gained striking distance . Those whose fortune it has been to travel through Western China , and to cross the many mountain ranges over which the only roads . are narrow pathways , fitted rather for goats than for human beings , will ...
Pàgina 33
... gained a decisive victory . Alarmed at the swarming numbers and over- mastering power of the invaders , the King submitted himself to Kublai , and was allowed to return to his capital on the condition that he and his successors should ...
... gained a decisive victory . Alarmed at the swarming numbers and over- mastering power of the invaders , the King submitted himself to Kublai , and was allowed to return to his capital on the condition that he and his successors should ...
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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...