Narrative of the expedition to China, from the commencement of the war, Том 1 |
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... Notice of Hong Merchants 71 CHAPTER IV . TERMS ON OPIUM BEING DELIVERED UP . Penalties for breach of faith - Bills dishonoured - The Bond - Meeting of Chamber of Commerce - Consuls at Consoo - hall - Servants restored - Delivery of ...
... Notice of Hong Merchants 71 CHAPTER IV . TERMS ON OPIUM BEING DELIVERED UP . Penalties for breach of faith - Bills dishonoured - The Bond - Meeting of Chamber of Commerce - Consuls at Consoo - hall - Servants restored - Delivery of ...
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... notices on all British - owned boats which were actually engaged in the illicit traffic , to proceed outside within three ... notice appeared , and further cautioned all her majesty's subjects * Vessels below the Bocca Tigris were called ...
... notices on all British - owned boats which were actually engaged in the illicit traffic , to proceed outside within three ... notice appeared , and further cautioned all her majesty's subjects * Vessels below the Bocca Tigris were called ...
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... notice was judi- cious must be left to the reader's consider- ation . But it has ever appeared to me that it is the duty of the Chinese government to enforce its own revenue laws , and that we have no right or business to assist the ...
... notice was judi- cious must be left to the reader's consider- ation . But it has ever appeared to me that it is the duty of the Chinese government to enforce its own revenue laws , and that we have no right or business to assist the ...
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... Notice of Hong merchant . With the claws of an eagle , the heart of a kite , Let flattery , and cunning , and falsehood unite , To deceive all above us , oppress all below- And we shall have fortune , whoever has woe . DAVIS's ...
... Notice of Hong merchant . With the claws of an eagle , the heart of a kite , Let flattery , and cunning , and falsehood unite , To deceive all above us , oppress all below- And we shall have fortune , whoever has woe . DAVIS's ...
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... notice there were two letters , part of a correspondence between him and the governor regarding the opium traffic , in which he sets forth his ideas and those of the British government on the subject , and requests that his excellency ...
... notice there were two letters , part of a correspondence between him and the governor regarding the opium traffic , in which he sets forth his ideas and those of the British government on the subject , and requests that his excellency ...
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Стр. 370 - LOCHIEL. False Wizard, avaunt ! I have marshalled my clan, Their swords are a thousand, their bosoms are one ! They are true to the last of their blood and their breath, And like reapers descend to the harvest of death.
Стр. 37 - It will be found, on examination, that the smokers of opium are idle, lazy vagrants, having no useful purpose before them, and are unworthy of regard, or even of contempt.
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Стр. 342 - Kong, shall enjoy full security and protection, according to the principles and practice of British law, so long as they shall continue to conform to the authority of her majesty's government in and over the island of Hong Kong, hereby duly constituted and proclaimed.
Стр. 63 - The said superintendent came, I find, to Canton, in obedience to commands received from his sovereign, to exercise control over the merchants and seamen, to repress the depraved, and to extirpate evils. Having such commands given to him, he must needs also have powers. It is very inexplicable then, that these boats having, in violation of the laws, entered the river, he should now find it difficult to send them out again, owing to his not having the confidence of all.
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Стр. 39 - ... the duties of their rank and attend to the public good; the others, to cultivate their talents and become fit for public usefulness. None of these, therefore, must be permitted to contract a practice so bad, or to walk in a path which will lead only to the utter waste of their time and destruction of their property. If, however, the laws enacted against the practice be made too severe, the result will be mutual connivance. It becomes my duty, then, to request that it be enacted, that any officer,...
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.