The Chinese, Bände 1-2C. Cox, 1851 |
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... common jus- tice : the affair happened between him and the de- ceased in Seunqua's hong at night , nobody knowing * Taken from a Contribution to a Historical Sketch of Macao , ' 1834 . of the quarrel until the Stormont's man was killed ...
... common jus- tice : the affair happened between him and the de- ceased in Seunqua's hong at night , nobody knowing * Taken from a Contribution to a Historical Sketch of Macao , ' 1834 . of the quarrel until the Stormont's man was killed ...
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... common with the natives . They are governed merely by such rules as the mandarins for the time being declare to be their will ; and the reason why more inconve- niences do not occur is this : -the officers of govern- ment on such ...
... common with the natives . They are governed merely by such rules as the mandarins for the time being declare to be their will ; and the reason why more inconve- niences do not occur is this : -the officers of govern- ment on such ...
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... common Chinese pike with a handle of solid wood , and an iron point consisting of a slightly curved blade . They had also short stabbing swords , not two feet in length . Their guns as usual were mounted on solid timber , without trucks ...
... common Chinese pike with a handle of solid wood , and an iron point consisting of a slightly curved blade . They had also short stabbing swords , not two feet in length . Their guns as usual were mounted on solid timber , without trucks ...
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... common to the pre- * * Natives of Bombay , Fire - worshippers , or disciples of Zo- roaster , and the real representatives of those ancient Persians who fought with the Greeks . They left their country after its mises . The watchmaker ...
... common to the pre- * * Natives of Bombay , Fire - worshippers , or disciples of Zo- roaster , and the real representatives of those ancient Persians who fought with the Greeks . They left their country after its mises . The watchmaker ...
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... common with the rest , and there remained only a corner to fill up in order to complete a small square , which it was intended to plant with shrubs , and convert into a garden for exer- cise and recreation . This seemed from the very ...
... common with the rest , and there remained only a corner to fill up in order to complete a small square , which it was intended to plant with shrubs , and convert into a garden for exer- cise and recreation . This seemed from the very ...
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according ancient appear arrival authority boats called Canton carried ceremony character chief China Chinese common conduct considerable considered consists contains course court death dynasty effect embassy emperor empire English equal established European existence extremely fact force foreign forms four give given hand head heaven Hong hundred immediately imperial king language length less letter Lord Macao mandarins manner means measure ment merchants native nature nearly never notice object observed occasion officers once original passed Peking perform perhaps period persons portion possess present priests principal proceeded proved province punished rank reached reason received relations remained remarkable respect river seems seen sent serve ships side sometimes soon success taken Tartar temple tion trade wall whole
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Seite 256 - On this unworthy scaffold to bring forth So great an object; can this cockpit hold The vasty fields of France? or may we cram Within this wooden O the very casques That did affright the air at Agincourt?
Seite 9 - Redress the rigours of the inclement clime; Aid slighted truth with thy persuasive strain; Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain; Teach him, that states of native strength...
Seite 255 - By and by we hear news of shipwreck in the same place, and then we are to blame if we accept it not for a rock. Upon the back of that comes out a hideous monster with fire and smoke, and then the miserable beholders are bound to take it for a cave.
Seite 203 - And really it is an honour, and almost a singular one to our English laws, that they furnish a title of this sort ; since preventive justice is, upon every principle of reason, of humanity* and of sound policy, preferable in all respects to punishing justice...
Seite 223 - ... in which they are expressed. There is nothing here of the monstrous verbiage of most other Asiatic productions ; none of the superstitious deliration, the miserable incoherence, the tremendous...
Seite 255 - Now you shall have three ladies walk to gather flowers, and then we must believe the stage to be a garden. By and by we hear news of a shipwreck in the same place, and then we are to blame if we accept it not for a rock.
Seite 240 - The barber learns his art on the orphan's face;" the Chinese, " In a field of melons do not pull up your shoe; under a plum-tree do not adjust your cap...
Seite 12 - These matters are all so well understood by those who are bred up to them, that they occasion no embarrassment whatever to the Chinese. The ordinary salutation among equals is to join the closed hands, and lift them two or three times towards the head, saying, Haou — tsing, tsing ; that is, " Are you well ? — Hail, hail '" Hence is derived, we believe, the Canton jargon of chin-chin.
Seite 32 - Portngalls had in all that time, since the return of the pinnace, so beslandered them to the Chinese, reporting them to be rogues, thieves, beggars, and what not, that they became very jealous of the good meaning of the English...
Seite 141 - And those who think still govern those who toil." The commentary appended to the foregoing in the Chinese work proceeds to add, — "The mutual benefit derived by these different classes from each other's exertions resembles the advantage that results to the farmer and mechanic from the exchange of their respective produce. Hence it is proved that the exemption of some from manual labour is beneficial to the whole community." It appears from the book of Mencius...