ChinaT. Fisher Unwin, 1899 - 456 pàgines |
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Pàgina 1
... rule over the regions lying to the west and south of their original location . As centuries went by they threw out colonies into the outer regions , and after the manner which may still be observed in their dealings with the Manchurians ...
... rule over the regions lying to the west and south of their original location . As centuries went by they threw out colonies into the outer regions , and after the manner which may still be observed in their dealings with the Manchurians ...
Pàgina 7
... rule over the four quarters of the Empire . The great deeds of our founder have enjoyed and still enjoy a wide renown , but we by being lost and maddened with wine have destroyed the effects of his virtue in these latter days . The ...
... rule over the four quarters of the Empire . The great deeds of our founder have enjoyed and still enjoy a wide renown , but we by being lost and maddened with wine have destroyed the effects of his virtue in these latter days . The ...
Pàgina 23
... rule of less than two hundred years they yielded place to their congenitors , the Kin Tartars , the progenitors of the present ruling sove- reigns , who in their turn divided with Sung the whole Empire . II THE YUAN AND MING DYNASTIES ...
... rule of less than two hundred years they yielded place to their congenitors , the Kin Tartars , the progenitors of the present ruling sove- reigns , who in their turn divided with Sung the whole Empire . II THE YUAN AND MING DYNASTIES ...
Pàgina 35
... rule for three years , and might have remained indefinitely had not a wish to return to his native land possessed him with overpowering desire . His father and uncle , who were still in the country , were also anxious to return to ...
... rule for three years , and might have remained indefinitely had not a wish to return to his native land possessed him with overpowering desire . His father and uncle , who were still in the country , were also anxious to return to ...
Pàgina 43
... already succumbed to disease , he , by his last testament devised his Empire and Throne to his grand- son , who afterwards adopted the title of Chienwên . In Eastern countries where primogeniture is not the invariable rule ,
... already succumbed to disease , he , by his last testament devised his Empire and Throne to his grand- son , who afterwards adopted the title of Chienwên . In Eastern countries where primogeniture is not the invariable rule ,
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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...