Narrative of the expedition to China, from the commencement of the war, Том 1 |
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... Flag re - hoisted - Public Meeting - Servants ordered away - Guards placed round the Factories- Pleasure - boats seized - Opium demanded - Mr . King -Present of Provisions - Notice of Hong Merchants 71 CHAPTER IV . TERMS ON OPIUM BEING ...
... Flag re - hoisted - Public Meeting - Servants ordered away - Guards placed round the Factories- Pleasure - boats seized - Opium demanded - Mr . King -Present of Provisions - Notice of Hong Merchants 71 CHAPTER IV . TERMS ON OPIUM BEING ...
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... flag , Modeste 18 , Columbine 16 . New life was instilled into all our operations , the ships were rapidly refitted , while the naval yard and arsenal resounded with pre- parations ; and much praise is due to Mr. Deas Thompson , naval ...
... flag , Modeste 18 , Columbine 16 . New life was instilled into all our operations , the ships were rapidly refitted , while the naval yard and arsenal resounded with pre- parations ; and much praise is due to Mr. Deas Thompson , naval ...
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... flag to be hoisted , as the small - pox was prevalent at the Cape , and our passage had been so extraor- dinarily short . This might be a very neces- sary precaution in some cases , but as there was not a finger - ache amongst the crew ...
... flag to be hoisted , as the small - pox was prevalent at the Cape , and our passage had been so extraor- dinarily short . This might be a very neces- sary precaution in some cases , but as there was not a finger - ache amongst the crew ...
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... flag still at the mast - head . A pleasant run of six days brought us to Mahe , one of the Seychelles Islands . The town of the same name being situated on its eastern side , but so completely under the high land , that we could with ...
... flag still at the mast - head . A pleasant run of six days brought us to Mahe , one of the Seychelles Islands . The town of the same name being situated on its eastern side , but so completely under the high land , that we could with ...
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... flag - staff near the residency is constantly announcing the arrival of vessels , the entries of which , in 1836 , amounted to 203,574 tons . All the islands which are in our possession in the Malacca Straits are used as penal settle ...
... flag - staff near the residency is constantly announcing the arrival of vessels , the entries of which , in 1836 , amounted to 203,574 tons . All the islands which are in our possession in the Malacca Straits are used as penal settle ...
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Стр. 119 - ... cannot be surpassed) : — Therefore, we the commissioner and the governor have given strict commands to the local officers, civil and military, at every point, by land and by water, faithfully to intercept and wholly to cut off from the English all supplies, that they may be made to fear and to pay the tribute of fealty.
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Стр. 365 - Your city is spared because the gracious Sovereign of Great Britain has commanded the high English officers to remember that the good and peaceful people must be tenderly considered. But if the high officers of the Celestial Court offer the least obstruction to the British forces in their present stations, then it will become necessary to answer force by force, and the city may suffer terrible injury.