The Taeping Rebellion in China: A Narrative of Its Rise and Prgress, Based Upon Original Documents and Information Obtained in ChinaJohn Murray, 1862 - 394 páginas |
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... Canton had reached to such a height of arrogance , that it was considered advisable by the British Government to send a powerful force to bring the Chinese to a due comprehension of our power , and to place our commerce upon a permanent ...
... Canton had reached to such a height of arrogance , that it was considered advisable by the British Government to send a powerful force to bring the Chinese to a due comprehension of our power , and to place our commerce upon a permanent ...
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... Canton are indifferent , and thinly attended ; at Tientsin , in the north , the college.happens to be one of the principal buildings . I found the rooms to be comparatively commodious and airy , and the students were said to number ...
... Canton are indifferent , and thinly attended ; at Tientsin , in the north , the college.happens to be one of the principal buildings . I found the rooms to be comparatively commodious and airy , and the students were said to number ...
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... Canton , it is stated that only thirteen in one , and fourteen in the other , were successful.2 In the district of Hwa , at the time of Hung - siu - tsuen's residence , the proportion of fortunate competitors averaged fifteen out of ...
... Canton , it is stated that only thirteen in one , and fourteen in the other , were successful.2 In the district of Hwa , at the time of Hung - siu - tsuen's residence , the proportion of fortunate competitors averaged fifteen out of ...
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... Canton in 1828 four thousand eight hundred names were sent in , and since then the average has ex- ceeded six thousand . The proportion of successful men is remarkably small ; at Nankin , out of twenty thousand competing bachelors , the ...
... Canton in 1828 four thousand eight hundred names were sent in , and since then the average has ex- ceeded six thousand . The proportion of successful men is remarkably small ; at Nankin , out of twenty thousand competing bachelors , the ...
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... their purposes . In the well - known one at Canton , the cells , in which the students are confined during the successive days de- manded for the preparation of their essays , are built 22 CHAP . II . THE TAEPING REBELLION .
... their purposes . In the well - known one at Canton , the cells , in which the students are confined during the successive days de- manded for the preparation of their essays , are built 22 CHAP . II . THE TAEPING REBELLION .
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