ChinaT. Fisher Unwin, 1899 - 456 pàgines |
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Pàgina 16
... showed himself to be a man standing 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 ...
... showed himself to be a man standing 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 ...
Pàgina 34
... showed the same toleration which had been conspicuous in his predecessors ; with equal favour , or perhaps one may say , indifference , he showed an impartially friendly disposition towards Christianity , Buddhism , and Mohammedanism ...
... showed the same toleration which had been conspicuous in his predecessors ; with equal favour , or perhaps one may say , indifference , he showed an impartially friendly disposition towards Christianity , Buddhism , and Mohammedanism ...
Pàgina 36
... showed in most concerns , he exhibited towards the people marked consideration and justice . He adopted their institutions and looked favourably on their prejudices and leanings ; he was DEATH OF KUBLAI 37 a patron of their national ...
... showed in most concerns , he exhibited towards the people marked consideration and justice . He adopted their institutions and looked favourably on their prejudices and leanings ; he was DEATH OF KUBLAI 37 a patron of their national ...
Pàgina 41
... showed his personal interest in the work by personally visiting the building , and super- intending the arrangements for its revival . It was fit and proper that the main building should be at Peking , but Hungwu could never forget that ...
... showed his personal interest in the work by personally visiting the building , and super- intending the arrangements for its revival . It was fit and proper that the main building should be at Peking , but Hungwu could never forget that ...
Pàgina 46
... showed a wide and intelligent interest in the literature of his country , and caused to be executed one literary task which alone should make his name famous . He appointed a commission of the leading scholars of the time to compile an ...
... showed a wide and intelligent interest in the literature of his country , and caused to be executed one literary task which alone should make his name famous . He appointed a commission of the leading scholars of the time to compile an ...
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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...