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Page vi
... of Opium destroyed . CHAPTER VIII . 53 Kea - king's Cruelty , Profanity , and Cowardice . - Horrid Punish- ment of an Eunuch . - The Emperor's dissatisfaction at his Ministers . CONTENTS . vii -He visits Tartary . - His Death.
... of Opium destroyed . CHAPTER VIII . 53 Kea - king's Cruelty , Profanity , and Cowardice . - Horrid Punish- ment of an Eunuch . - The Emperor's dissatisfaction at his Ministers . CONTENTS . vii -He visits Tartary . - His Death.
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... Punishments in Description are often overdrawn . - Rice- Paper Drawings . - The Bamboo , the Canque , the Cage , Banishment , Death.Frequency of Executions . — Instance of great Severity . - Maladies . - Rule of a Chinese Physician ...
... Punishments in Description are often overdrawn . - Rice- Paper Drawings . - The Bamboo , the Canque , the Cage , Banishment , Death.Frequency of Executions . — Instance of great Severity . - Maladies . - Rule of a Chinese Physician ...
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... punished smug- glers , that I must not withhold it . It is related , on good authority , that certain Chinese magistrates , on one occassion , took off the heads of thirteen smugglers , and that , not many hours after this , they sent ...
... punished smug- glers , that I must not withhold it . It is related , on good authority , that certain Chinese magistrates , on one occassion , took off the heads of thirteen smugglers , and that , not many hours after this , they sent ...
Page 65
... punishment . He had the wretched offender bound with canvass and cords , thickly surrounded with tallow and com- bustible matter , so as to convert the miserable malefactor into a candle , which was lighted up at the grave of the ...
... punishment . He had the wretched offender bound with canvass and cords , thickly surrounded with tallow and com- bustible matter , so as to convert the miserable malefactor into a candle , which was lighted up at the grave of the ...
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... punishment is hereby entirely remitted . " The Shoo - king relates that the ancient Em- peror , Yu , closed his career on a hunting excursion ; my fate has therefore been that of others ; and further , this place , Lwang - yang , is one ...
... punishment is hereby entirely remitted . " The Shoo - king relates that the ancient Em- peror , Yu , closed his career on a hunting excursion ; my fate has therefore been that of others ; and further , this place , Lwang - yang , is one ...
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