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... persons were recorded , and breathed inveterate hostility . At that period the most moderate propositions on our part would have stood no chance of acceptance , for nothing but the annihilation of the British force was insisted on . Few ...
... persons were recorded , and breathed inveterate hostility . At that period the most moderate propositions on our part would have stood no chance of acceptance , for nothing but the annihilation of the British force was insisted on . Few ...
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... person . Upon his seizure , orders were im- mediately issued to arrest his family , and confiscate their property ; and seven of his kindred , father , mother , wife , daughter , and three brothers , were forthwith committed as felons ...
... person . Upon his seizure , orders were im- mediately issued to arrest his family , and confiscate their property ; and seven of his kindred , father , mother , wife , daughter , and three brothers , were forthwith committed as felons ...
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... person is left with a rope round his neck , that he may have an additional motive to exertion . The same tribunal , having tried the cases of the officers who were actually at Chusan when it was taken , sentenced the naval commander to ...
... person is left with a rope round his neck , that he may have an additional motive to exertion . The same tribunal , having tried the cases of the officers who were actually at Chusan when it was taken , sentenced the naval commander to ...
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... person who swayed the emperor's councils at Peking was Keshen , a very remarkable character . By birth a Manchow Tartar , he had been brought up at the court , and possessing by nature a hand- some exterior * , and the most insinuating ...
... person who swayed the emperor's councils at Peking was Keshen , a very remarkable character . By birth a Manchow Tartar , he had been brought up at the court , and possessing by nature a hand- some exterior * , and the most insinuating ...
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... person . When sent into the provinces , he proved his devotion to the court and his employer especially , and became , as early as 1831 , governor of Pechele , the pro- vince of the capital . Being somewhat in advance of his countrymen ...
... person . When sent into the provinces , he proved his devotion to the court and his employer especially , and became , as early as 1831 , governor of Pechele , the pro- vince of the capital . Being somewhat in advance of his countrymen ...
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China, During the War and Since the Peace, Volum 1 Sir John Francis Davis Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1852 |
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