Points and pickings of information about China and the Chinese, by the author of 'Soldiers and sailors'.1844 |
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... throne , when , rather than submit , he dressed himself up in his royal robes , and setting fire to the palace , perished in the flames . Had Chow - sin lived a better life , he might , perhaps , have died a more peaceable death . Bad ...
... throne , when , rather than submit , he dressed himself up in his royal robes , and setting fire to the palace , perished in the flames . Had Chow - sin lived a better life , he might , perhaps , have died a more peaceable death . Bad ...
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... throne ; most of them were murdered by their subjects . China was divided into two principal kingdoms during this government ; the Wei princes , who were Tartars , having the north , with Honân for their capital ; while the Sung princes ...
... throne ; most of them were murdered by their subjects . China was divided into two principal kingdoms during this government ; the Wei princes , who were Tartars , having the north , with Honân for their capital ; while the Sung princes ...
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... throne . Whether he thought , that , because he raised him , he had a right to pull him down , I cannot say , but pull him down he did , and founded the Howleang dynasty , A.D. 907 , by seating himself on the throne , taking the name of ...
... throne . Whether he thought , that , because he raised him , he had a right to pull him down , I cannot say , but pull him down he did , and founded the Howleang dynasty , A.D. 907 , by seating himself on the throne , taking the name of ...
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... throne . Chwang - too was a cruel and avaricious libertine ; he was followed by Ming - tsung , a Tar- tar , who ruled wisely , humbled the Tartars his countrymen , and curbed the haughtiness of the in- solent Mandarins . Where you find ...
... throne . Chwang - too was a cruel and avaricious libertine ; he was followed by Ming - tsung , a Tar- tar , who ruled wisely , humbled the Tartars his countrymen , and curbed the haughtiness of the in- solent Mandarins . Where you find ...
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... throne is only raised a few feet higher than other people for a few years , and then he comes down to the dust -the level of humanity . I wonder whether em- perors ever think of these things . I think I should if I were an emperor ...
... throne is only raised a few feet higher than other people for a few years , and then he comes down to the dust -the level of humanity . I wonder whether em- perors ever think of these things . I think I should if I were an emperor ...
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