The Chinese, Bände 1-2C. Cox, 1851 |
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... four advantages re- sult therefrom . In the first place , besides the regu- lar tribute of the several foreign states , a small per- centage has been taken from the remainder , adequate to the supply of the provincial expenditure . Se ...
... four advantages re- sult therefrom . In the first place , besides the regu- lar tribute of the several foreign states , a small per- centage has been taken from the remainder , adequate to the supply of the provincial expenditure . Se ...
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... four Tartars , the disputes which ensued with the intole- rant Dominicans produced an unfavourable impres- sion on the minds of the rulers of China . Accusations were preferred against the missionaries , and their zeal to make converts ...
... four Tartars , the disputes which ensued with the intole- rant Dominicans produced an unfavourable impres- sion on the minds of the rulers of China . Accusations were preferred against the missionaries , and their zeal to make converts ...
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... four years , however , the Tartars , by force or bribery , contrived to drive him from the coast to the numerous VOL . J. * Page 411 . islands in the vicinity ; and the large and fertile CHAP . 1. ] EARLY EUROPEAN INTERCOURSE . 25 25.
... four years , however , the Tartars , by force or bribery , contrived to drive him from the coast to the numerous VOL . J. * Page 411 . islands in the vicinity ; and the large and fertile CHAP . 1. ] EARLY EUROPEAN INTERCOURSE . 25 25.
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... four ships in port attacked the junks , and sunk some of them , one was burned by the Chinese fire - vessels , and another sailed away with the news for Batavia . The Chinese now landed without opposition , and cut off all com ...
... four ships in port attacked the junks , and sunk some of them , one was burned by the Chinese fire - vessels , and another sailed away with the news for Batavia . The Chinese now landed without opposition , and cut off all com ...
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... four young Russians were to remain at the residence of the embassy , for the purpose of studying the language , and serving as in- terpreters between the two nations . The Russian mission now consists of six ecclesiastical and four lay ...
... four young Russians were to remain at the residence of the embassy , for the purpose of studying the language , and serving as in- terpreters between the two nations . The Russian mission now consists of six ecclesiastical and four lay ...
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ambassador ancient appear arrival Asiatic boats Boca Tigris British Budha Budhist called canal Canton Canton province Canton river Captain ceremony character chief China Chinese government coast commencement conduct Confucius considerable consists course court death despatched dress dynasty edict embassy emperor empire English European existence factory favour Fokien foreign forms gate George Staunton heaven Hong merchants honour imperial India intercourse Jesuits junks king language length letter Lord Lord Macartney Macao majesty's ships Manchow mandarins manner ment Ming dynasty mission Mongol nations native nature nese Ningpo notice object observed occasion officers Peking period persons portion Portuguese possess present priests principal proceeded province punished racter rank reign remarkable respect sect seems sent ships side silk sometimes soon sovereign Staunton taëls Tartar temple tion tombs trade vessels viceroy wall Whampoa whole wife Yellow River
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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...