The History of China, Volum 1W. Thacker & Company, 1898 |
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Pàgina 32
... court gossips were engaged in vilifying him because he refused to bribe them , and of how on the other hand he punished an incompetent governor whose praises were sung by all the courtiers , whom he paid heavily for their good word ...
... court gossips were engaged in vilifying him because he refused to bribe them , and of how on the other hand he punished an incompetent governor whose praises were sung by all the courtiers , whom he paid heavily for their good word ...
Pàgina 40
... Court , when the edict threatened him , as the native of another pro- vince , with ruin ; but on the eve of departure he sent the Emperor a statement of how much previous rulers had benefited by the ability of aliens , winding up with ...
... Court , when the edict threatened him , as the native of another pro- vince , with ruin ; but on the eve of departure he sent the Emperor a statement of how much previous rulers had benefited by the ability of aliens , winding up with ...
Pàgina 42
... court was Prince Tan , heir of the ruler of Yen , whom , " either out of settled policy or from whim , " Hwangti flagrantly insulted . Tan , burning with revenge , fled the court , and proceeded to instruct an assassin who was ...
... court was Prince Tan , heir of the ruler of Yen , whom , " either out of settled policy or from whim , " Hwangti flagrantly insulted . Tan , burning with revenge , fled the court , and proceeded to instruct an assassin who was ...
Pàgina 44
... Court chroniclers of his own country were the more indignant with him because he strove thereby to put himself on a pedestal apart from , if not superior to , that occupied by the semi - mythical patriarchs THE PALACE OF DELIGHT . 45 ...
... Court chroniclers of his own country were the more indignant with him because he strove thereby to put himself on a pedestal apart from , if not superior to , that occupied by the semi - mythical patriarchs THE PALACE OF DELIGHT . 45 ...
Pàgina 56
... Court . Kipou proved a devoted minister , and his faithful services amply recompensed the clemency of the sovereign . b Notwithstanding that Kaotsou had won his way to supreme authority by the sword , it would appear that con- temporary ...
... Court . Kipou proved a devoted minister , and his faithful services amply recompensed the clemency of the sovereign . b Notwithstanding that Kaotsou had won his way to supreme authority by the sword , it would appear that con- temporary ...
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Pàgina 356 - He is of a good stature, neither tall nor short, but of a middle height. He has a becoming amount of flesh, and is very shapely in all his limbs. His complexion is white and red, the eyes black and fine, the nose well formed and well set on." His conquest of Yunnan in ad 1253-54
Pàgina 640 - nobody but you, and in a time of trouble they would listen to no other voice than yours. I know as a matter of fact that we have nothing now to fear, but when the foreign vessels shall come in their thousands and tens of thousands, then it may be that some
Pàgina 293 - of armies, were exalted to a position next to himself. The one was made prince on his right side, the other on his left, for, he said, " It is to you that I owe my Empire. You are and have been to me as the shafts of a carriage, or the arms to a man's body.
Pàgina 41 - written, and it is not difficult to understand why such was the case, that "the skilful disarming of the provinces added daily to the wealth and prosperity of the capital." The Hall of Audience in the palace was ornamented with twelve statues, made from the spoil of his numerous
Pàgina 295 - I thought that your sovereigns were of the race of the gods ; but do you suppose that I am going to do homage to [such an imbecile as that?" Chonghei brooded over this second affront, and allowed his personal pique to so far influence his policy that, when an occasion offered, he did not hesitate to assume
Pàgina 631 - excellently proportioned and above the middle height; all the features of the countenance are regular ; his eyes bright and larger than is usual with his nation ; the nose slightly curved and drooping at the point; and the few marks left by the smallpox detract nothing from the charm which is conspicuous throughout his person.
Pàgina 632 - it would be ungracious, if not impossible, to say in what respect he falls short of complete equality with either, so numerous and conspicuous were his talents and his virtues. His long friendship and high consideration for the Christian missionaries have no doubt contributed to bring his name and the events of his reign more prominently before Europe than
Pàgina 282 - You and your master," he said to the envoy, "deceive yourselves if you believe me to be capable of approving an act of treason, whatever the personal advantage it might procure me. I love all peoples of whatever nation they may be, and I wish to see them at peace with one another.
Pàgina 472 - intrepid, inured to fatigue, despising life, and knowing well how to face death ; although inferior in number, a hundred of them would blush to flee before a thousand foreigners, and, if they did, they would not dare to return to their country. Sentiments such as these, which are instilled into them from their earliest childhood, render them terrible in battle.
Pàgina 634 - the death of his father, and his own accession to the throne, he said that on the advice of his ministers he had entered upon the discharge of his