A Short History of China: Being an Account for the General Reader of an Ancient Empire and PeopleAllen, 1893 - 436 pàgines |
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Pàgina 1
... remained of the Macedonian conquests in the Empire of Rome , even the appear- ance of Islam and the Mahomedan conquerors , who changed the face of Southern Asia from the Ganges to the Levant , and long threatened to overrun Europe , had ...
... remained of the Macedonian conquests in the Empire of Rome , even the appear- ance of Islam and the Mahomedan conquerors , who changed the face of Southern Asia from the Ganges to the Levant , and long threatened to overrun Europe , had ...
Pàgina 24
... remained at Nankin . The progress of this contest was marked by the consistent success of Wei , and the prince of that kingdom seems to have been as superior in the capacity of his generals as in the resources of his state . One ...
... remained at Nankin . The progress of this contest was marked by the consistent success of Wei , and the prince of that kingdom seems to have been as superior in the capacity of his generals as in the resources of his state . One ...
Pàgina 27
... remained to be done , and the best way to do it seemed to him to be the prosecution of what might be called a national war against those enemies beyond the northern frontier , who were always troublesome , and who had occasionally ...
... remained to be done , and the best way to do it seemed to him to be the prosecution of what might be called a national war against those enemies beyond the northern frontier , who were always troublesome , and who had occasionally ...
Pàgina 30
... remained before the place for several months , and it is stated that as the Chinese broke up their camp the commandant appeared on the walls and wished them " a pleasant journey . " After this rebuff Taitsong did not renew his attempt ...
... remained before the place for several months , and it is stated that as the Chinese broke up their camp the commandant appeared on the walls and wished them " a pleasant journey . " After this rebuff Taitsong did not renew his attempt ...
Pàgina 31
... remained " a thorn in his side for years . " A satisfactory termination was given to the struggle by the early death of the Sanpou , whose warlike character had been the main cause of the dispute . Strangely enough the arms of Kaotsong ...
... remained " a thorn in his side for years . " A satisfactory termination was given to the struggle by the early death of the Sanpou , whose warlike character had been the main cause of the dispute . Strangely enough the arms of Kaotsong ...
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A Short History of China: An Account for the General Reader of an Ancient ... Demetrius Charles de Kavanagh Boulger Visualització completa - 1900 |
A Short History of China: An Account for the General Reader of an Ancient ... Demetrius Charles Boulger Visualització completa - 1900 |
A Short History of China: An Account for the General Reader of an Ancient ... Demetrius Charles Boulger Visualització completa - 1900 |
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ARTICLE attack British Burgevine campaign Canton Canton river capital capture carried chief Chinese army Chinese authorities Chinese government Ching Chung Wang command Commissioner conquest Consul Corea death declared defence doubt duty dynasty Emperor of China Empire enemy English Europeans execution favour force foreign fortune French frontier Galdan garrison Genghis honour hostility Imperial Imperialists Kanghi Kashgar Kashgaria Keen Lung Khan Khokand Kins Kublai Leaoutung Lord Elgin Mahomedan Major Gordon Manchu mandarins ment merchants military Ming ministers Mongols Nankin Noorhachu officers opium palace peace Pekin Plenipotentiary ports position possession Prince Kung province rebels reign river ruler Russian seemed sent Shanghai siege Sir Thomas Wade Soochow sovereign subjects succeeded success Sung surrender Szchuen Taepings Taitsong Taoukwang Tartar throne Tibet Tientsin tion town trade Treaty Treaty of Tientsin troops Viceroy victory Vouti Wang Khan Wang Mang Wou Sankwei Yunnan
Passatges populars
Pàgina 308 - When beggars die there are no comets seen ; The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes.
Pàgina 383 - ... have resolved to conclude a Treaty for that purpose, and have therefore named as their Plenipotentiaries, that is to say: Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, Sir Henry Pottinger, Bart., a Major-General in the employ of the East India Company, &c.; And His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of China...
Pàgina 384 - Government the sum of three millions of dollars, on account of debts due to British subjects by some of the said Hong merchants, or Co-Hong, who have become insolvent, and who owe very large sums of money to subjects of her Britannic Majesty.
Pàgina 383 - His Majesty the Emperor of China agrees, that British subjects, with their families and establishments, shall be allowed to reside, for the purpose of carrying on their mercantile pursuits, without molestation or restraint...
Pàgina 393 - HER MAJESTY the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and His Majesty the Emperor of China, being desirous...
Pàgina 385 - Merchandise may be conveyed by Chinese Merchants, to any Province or City in the interior of the Empire of China on paying a further amount as Transit Duties which shall not exceed per cent, on the tariff value of such goods.
Pàgina 409 - It is farther understood that so long as the laws of the two countries differ from each other, there can be but one principle to guide judicial proceedings in mixed cases in China, namely, that the case is tried by the official of the defendant's nationality ; the official of the plaintiff's nationality merely attending to watch the proceedings in the interests of justice. If the officer so attending be dissatisfied with the proceedings, it will be in his power to protest against them in detail....
Pàgina 401 - British merchant cannot agree with the Customhouse officer, then each party shall choose so many chests out of every hundred, which being first weighed in gross, shall afterwards be tared, and the average tare upon these chests shall be assumed as the tare upon the whole, and upon this principle shall the tare be fixed upon all other goods and packages.
Pàgina 395 - ... under passports which will be issued by their Consuls, and countersigned by the local authorities. These passports, if demanded, must be produced for examination in the localities passed through.
Pàgina 395 - ... handed over to the nearest consul for punishment, but he must not be subjected to any ill-usage in excess of necessary restraint. No passport need be applied for by persons going on excursions from the ports open to trade to a distance not exceeding 100 li, and for a period not exceeding five days. The provisions of this article do not apply to crews of ships, for the due restraint of whom regulations will be drawn up by the consul and the local authorities.