 ... affected disdain, and in continual outbreaks of brutal inhospitality. That we should have reconciled ourselves to such treatment, formed, indeed, one-half of that apology which might have been pleaded on behalf of the Chinese. But why, then, did we...  China - Pàgina 75per Thomas De Quincey - 1857 - 152 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1857 - 594 pàgines
...ourselves! Simply for a reason which offers the other apology, slender as it is, for the Chinese — namely, that no thoroughly respectable section of...reviewing that memorable fact, we must acknowledge that it oners some inadequate excuse on behalf of the Chinese. They had seen nothing whatever of our national... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1859 - 340 pàgines
...behalf of the Chinese. But why, then, did we reconcile ourselves ? Simply for a reason which offers the other half of the apology, — namely, that no...nothing whatever of our national grandeur ; nothing of empower ; of our enlightened and steadfast constitutional system ; of our good faith ; of our magnificent... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1871 - 608 pàgines
...did we reconcile ourselves ? Simply for a reason which offers the other half of the apology—namely, that no thoroughly respectable section of the English...of our national grandeur; nothing of our power; of OUT enlightened and steadfast constitutional system ; of our good faith; of our magnificent and ancient... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1877 - 624 pàgines
...behalf of the Chinese. But why, then, did we reconcile ourselves ? Simply for a reason which offers the other half of the apology, — namely, that no...respectable section of the English nation ever presented iteelf at Canton in those early days as candidates for any share in so humiliating a commerce. On reviewing... | |
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