The Chinese Repository, Volume 8Elijah Coleman Bridgman, Samuel Wells Williams proprietors, 1840 |
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Page iii
... allowed to run 496 284 • · 17,18 641 Bogue , Maxwell's attack of the 588 408 Book of Records 385 . · 588 Books on China , superficialness of 85 247 Bond , new required American government Amherst's embassy Aneurism , case of Anglo ...
... allowed to run 496 284 • · 17,18 641 Bogue , Maxwell's attack of the 588 408 Book of Records 385 . · 588 Books on China , superficialness of 85 247 Bond , new required American government Amherst's embassy Aneurism , case of Anglo ...
Page v
... allowed to go Foreigners are to be amenable Foreigners , 16 banished for ever Foreigners few in Canton Foreigners in China Foreigners , confinement of Foreign trade , proposal to stop Forest trees , notice of . Formatives , classes of ...
... allowed to go Foreigners are to be amenable Foreigners , 16 banished for ever Foreigners few in Canton Foreigners in China Foreigners , confinement of Foreign trade , proposal to stop Forest trees , notice of . Formatives , classes of ...
Page vii
... allowed to enter 9 Ships urged to enter Ships to be measured outside 212 Ships to be watched 265 Ships not confiscated 545 Shoo King , notice of the 221 Shops in China street closed 328 Siam , opium forbidden in 21 Siam , Spanish treaty ...
... allowed to enter 9 Ships urged to enter Ships to be measured outside 212 Ships to be watched 265 Ships not confiscated 545 Shoo King , notice of the 221 Shops in China street closed 328 Siam , opium forbidden in 21 Siam , Spanish treaty ...
Page 9
... allowed to the injuring of others for the advantage of one's self , —that in men's natural desires there is not any great diversity ( for where is he who does not abhor death and seek life ? ) — these are universally acknowledged ...
... allowed to the injuring of others for the advantage of one's self , —that in men's natural desires there is not any great diversity ( for where is he who does not abhor death and seek life ? ) — these are universally acknowledged ...
Page 12
... being made , evincing respectful submission , wor- thy of praise . And hereafter , for ever , foreigners will never more be allowed to bring opium into this country . The decree 12 MAY , Crisis in the Opium Traffic .
... being made , evincing respectful submission , wor- thy of praise . And hereafter , for ever , foreigners will never more be allowed to bring opium into this country . The decree 12 MAY , Crisis in the Opium Traffic .
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American appears arrived authority boats Bocca Tigris Bogue bond British subjects called Canton captain Elliot cargo character chief superintendent China Chinese government Chinese language Christians Chuenpe coast Cochinchina colony commands commerce consul course court Dayaks declared drug duty dynasty edict embassadors emperor emperor of China empire English enter the port evil foreigners give given governor green tea hand hong merchants Hongkong honorable immediately imperial commissioner intercourse islands king land language leave Lusiad Ly dynasty Macao majesty majesty's mandarin Manila ment missionaries month murder nation native notice officers opium parties passed Peking persons Pontianak Portuguese present priests provinces punishment received reign remarks resident respect river Russian sail sent ships Thomas Coutts tion Tongking trade traffic transhipments tyfoon vessels village Volage Whampoa whole wind words
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Page 462 - ... it, deriving validity from an external source, would imply a diminution of its sovereignty to the extent of the restriction and an investment of that sovereignty to the same extent in that power which could impose such restriction. All exceptions, therefore, to the full and complete power of a nation within its own territories must be traced up to the consent of the nation itself. They can flow from no other legitimate source.
Page 185 - Columbia, laborer, not having the fear of God before his eyes, but being moved and seduced by the instigation of the devil...
Page 462 - The jurisdiction of the nation within its own territory is necessarily exclusive and absolute. It is susceptible of no limitation not imposed by itself. Any restriction upon it, deriving validity from an external source, would imply a diminution of its sovereignty to the extent of the restriction, and an investment of that sovereignty to the same extent in that power which could impose such restriction.
Page 186 - You, as foreman of this grand jury, shall diligently inquire and true presentment make, of all such matters and things as shall be given you in charge ; the counsel of the people of this state, your fellows...
Page 457 - In case of any dispute arising, from the violation of any of the articles of this treaty, no appeal shall be made to arms ; nor shall war be declared on any pretext whatever...
Page 372 - These are the equitable conditions, at the price of which the King of the Sandwich Islands shall conserve friendship with France. I am induced to hope, that, understanding better how necessary it is for the prosperity of his people, and the preservation of his power, he will remain in peace with the whole world, and hasten to subscribe to them, and thus imitate the laudable example which the Queen of Tahiti has given, in permitting the free toleration of the Catholic religion in...
Page 186 - You shall well and truly try, and true deliverance make, between our Sovereign Lord the King and the prisoner at the bar, whom you shall have in charge, and a true verdict give, according to the evidence. So help you God.
Page 186 - ... but you shall present all things truly as they come to your knowledge, according to the best of your understanding. So help you God !
Page 219 - ... to create a court of justice, with criminal and admiralty jurisdiction, for the trial of offences committed by his majesty's subjects within the said dominions, and the ports and havens thereof, and on the high seas within one hundred miles of the coast of China...
Page 511 - The engrossing taste of all ranks and degrees in China for opium, a drug whose importation has of late years exceeded the aggregate value of every other English import combined, deserves some particular notice, especially in connection with the revenues of British India, of which it forms an important item.