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admiral ambassador Amoy ancient appeared arrived authority bamboo boats Boca Tigris British called canal Canton Canton province Canton river capital Captain Elliot carried ceremony character chief China Chinese government Chusan coast commencement commissioner committee conduct Confucius considerable consul course court custom death despatched dynasty edict embassy emperor empire English European factory favour feet Fokien Fooyuen force foreign frigate gates George Staunton Hong merchants honour immediately imperial India intercourse Jesuits junks Kien-loong length letter Lord Lord Macartney Macao majesty's ships Manchow mandarins manner ment military mission Mongol Nanking nations native Ningpo observed occasion officers opium peace Peking Peking river period person portion Portuguese present principal proceeded proved province punishment rank reign remarkable respect seems sent Shanghae side silk Sir George soon sovereign success taëls Tartar tion town trade treaty troops vessels viceroy wall Whampoa whole Yellow River
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Sivu 351 - I observed ; and begged that he ^vould speak of their ceremonials. He commenced by saying, 'When you receive a distinguished guest do not fail to place him on your left hand, for that is the seat of honour ; and be cautious not to uncover the head, as it would be an unbecoming act of familiarity.
Sivu 35 - The boats of the fleet also seized a jounke, laden with boards and timber, and another with salt. Another vessel of small moment was surprised, by whose boat a letter was sent to the chief mandarins at Canton, expostulating their breach of truce, excusing the assailing of the castle, and withal in fair terms requiring the liberty of trade.
Sivu 61 - I shall be under the necessity of directing my mandarins to force your ships to quit these ports, and thus the increased trouble and exertions of your merchants would at once be frustrated. You will not then, however, be able to complain that I had not clearly forewarned you. Let us therefore live in peace and friendship, and do not make light of my words.
Sivu 113 - Your Lordship will announce your arrival at Canton by letter to the Viceroy.
Sivu 292 - When we turn from the ravings of the Zendavesta, or the Puranas, to the tone of sense and of business of this Chinese collection, we seem to be passing from darkness to light — from the drivellings of dotage to the exercise of an improved understanding : and, redundant and minute as these laws are in many particulars, we scarcely know any European code that is at once so copious and so consistent, or that is nearly so free from intricacy, bigotry, and fiction.
Sivu 332 - ancient system of instruction," which required that every town and village, down to only a few families, should have a common school. The wealthy Chinese employ private teachers, and others send their sons to day-schools, which are so well attended that the fees paid by each boy are extremely small. In large towns there are...
Sivu 279 - The most remarkable thing in this code is its great reasonableness, clearness, and consistency : the business-like brevity and directness of the various provisions, and the plainness and moderation of the language in which they are expressed.
Sivu 367 - I regarded with an air of considerable embarrassment the two little sticks, with which, notwithstanding the experience acquired since the commencement of the repast, it seemed very doubtful whether I should be able to eat my rice grain by grain, according to the belief of Europeans regarding the Chinese custom. I therefore waited until my host should begin, to follow his example, foreseeing that, on this new occasion, some fresh discovery would serve to relieve us from the truly ludicrous embarrassment...
Sivu 339 - After the interment, the tablet of the deceased, is brought back in procession, and if the family be rich it is placed in the hall of ancestors; if poor, in some part of the house, with incense before it.
Sivu 323 - ... as he pleases ; and though the offspring of the latter possess many of the rights of legitimacy (ranking however after the children of the wife), this circumstance makes little difference as to the truth of the position. Even in the present romance, the profligate rival...