The Chinese and Their Rebellions: Viewed in Connection with Their National Philosophy, Ethics, Legislation, and Administration. To which is Added, an Essay on Civilization and Its Present State in the East and West. By Thomas Taylor MeadowsSmith, Elder & Company, 1856 - 656 pages |
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... ABNORMAL POLICY , AND WEAKNESS OF THE MANCHOO Manchoo Conquest , 30 . and Sale of Posts , 32 . DYNASTY . Chinese Disaffection , 31. Manchoo Officials English War , 33 . CHAPTER IV . . RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE CHINESE.
... ABNORMAL POLICY , AND WEAKNESS OF THE MANCHOO Manchoo Conquest , 30 . and Sale of Posts , 32 . DYNASTY . Chinese Disaffection , 31. Manchoo Officials English War , 33 . CHAPTER IV . . RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE CHINESE.
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... Dynasty , 106. Chinese General invites the Aid of the Manchoos , 107. They establish themselves in Peking , 108. Their Second Emperor Kang he , 109. Suppresses a Rebellion , and conquers Formosa , 110 . CHAPTER X. FORMATION OF CHINESE ...
... Dynasty , 106. Chinese General invites the Aid of the Manchoos , 107. They establish themselves in Peking , 108. Their Second Emperor Kang he , 109. Suppresses a Rebellion , and conquers Formosa , 110 . CHAPTER X. FORMATION OF CHINESE ...
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... dynasty of China . Mongolia is mainly composed of deserts ; and is altogether occupied by veritable nomads , shepherds living in tents . They are the most believing of Lamaistic Buddhists . Turkestan is inhabited by a settled Turkish ...
... dynasty of China . Mongolia is mainly composed of deserts ; and is altogether occupied by veritable nomads , shepherds living in tents . They are the most believing of Lamaistic Buddhists . Turkestan is inhabited by a settled Turkish ...
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... dynasty , in consequence of marriages during successive generations with daughters of the Imperial House - marriages ambitious on the one side , politic on the other . The Chinese , in referring to the above four territories , use in ...
... dynasty , in consequence of marriages during successive generations with daughters of the Imperial House - marriages ambitious on the one side , politic on the other . The Chinese , in referring to the above four territories , use in ...
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... — the founder and watchful protector of the Tae ping dynasty . " to the sovereignity by birth has never been known to 16 THE CHINESE AND THEIR REBELLIONS . CHAPTER II THEORY AND PRACTICAL WORKING OF THE NORMAL CHINESE AUTOCRACY.
... — the founder and watchful protector of the Tae ping dynasty . " to the sovereignity by birth has never been known to 16 THE CHINESE AND THEIR REBELLIONS . CHAPTER II THEORY AND PRACTICAL WORKING OF THE NORMAL CHINESE AUTOCRACY.
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Page 88 - He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost. 3 And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John's baptism.
Page 89 - But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus. 10 And this continued by the space of two years ; so that all they which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.
Page 89 - Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands: so that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought...
Page 90 - ... so that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought, but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worshippeth. And when they heard these sayings, they were full of wrath and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians!
Page 89 - And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded. 17 And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
Page 575 - It is scarcely necessary to remark that a stationary condition of capital and population implies no stationary state of human improvement. There would be as much scope as ever for all kinds of mental culture, and moral and social progress; as much room for improving the Art of Living, and much more likelihood of its being improved when minds ceased to be engrossed by the art of getting on.
Page 88 - And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts, came to Ephesus. And finding certain disciples, he said unto them ; Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed ? And they said unto him; We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.
Page 89 - When they heard this, they were baptized in the " name of the Lord Jesus. And when Paul had " laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came " on them ; and they spake with tongues, and pro
Page 89 - After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome.
Page 89 - And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye? And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.