ChinaT. Fisher Unwin, 1899 - 456 pàgines |
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Pàgina xiii
... head . THE WAR OF 1860 X. 275-311 The defeat at Taku - Sankolinsin's tactics- Preliminary skirmishes -- The Viceroy's treachery - The natives friendly— Negotiations for peace -- Parkes and Loch - A treacherous capture - Scene in the ...
... head . THE WAR OF 1860 X. 275-311 The defeat at Taku - Sankolinsin's tactics- Preliminary skirmishes -- The Viceroy's treachery - The natives friendly— Negotiations for peace -- Parkes and Loch - A treacherous capture - Scene in the ...
Pàgina 16
... head and shoulders above his compeers . The historian of the Han Dynasty tells us that , like another Macbeth , when first taking the field this man encountered a soothsayer who foretold his future great- ness . With commendable ...
... head and shoulders above his compeers . The historian of the Han Dynasty tells us that , like another Macbeth , when first taking the field this man encountered a soothsayer who foretold his future great- ness . With commendable ...
Pàgina 38
... reign of Shunti , the last of the Mongols , the disorders came to a head . The dynasty had never been popular , and when its sovereigns ceased A REBELLIOUS MONK 39 to be powerful , the desire 38 THE YUAN AND MING DYNASTIES.
... reign of Shunti , the last of the Mongols , the disorders came to a head . The dynasty had never been popular , and when its sovereigns ceased A REBELLIOUS MONK 39 to be powerful , the desire 38 THE YUAN AND MING DYNASTIES.
Pàgina 39
... head of one of the risings in the south was one who was destined to wear the robes of sovereignty . Chu was essentially a man of the people , and his family having fallen on evil times , he was left on the death of his parents penniless ...
... head of one of the risings in the south was one who was destined to wear the robes of sovereignty . Chu was essentially a man of the people , and his family having fallen on evil times , he was left on the death of his parents penniless ...
Pàgina 40
... head of an enthu- siastic army , and in face of a disheartened foe , it had been comparatively easy for him to overthrow the Mongol power . He now had to justify the choice of the people in placing him on the throne , and in this trying ...
... head of an enthu- siastic army , and in face of a disheartened foe , it had been comparatively easy for him to overthrow the Mongol power . He now had to justify the choice of the people in placing him on the throne , and in this trying ...
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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...