China: A History of the Laws, Manners, and Customs of the People, Volume 1Macmillan and Company, 1878 |
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... body , so that the number of officials in each province is very great . The various 1 Kwang - tung has an area computed at more than ninety - seven thousand square miles , and a population estimated at somewhere about nineteen millions ...
... body , so that the number of officials in each province is very great . The various 1 Kwang - tung has an area computed at more than ninety - seven thousand square miles , and a population estimated at somewhere about nineteen millions ...
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... body of a village is subordinate to the ruler of the district or county in which it is situated . The district or county ruler is subject to the prefect of the department of which his district is a part . The prefect is , in turn ...
... body of a village is subordinate to the ruler of the district or county in which it is situated . The district or county ruler is subject to the prefect of the department of which his district is a part . The prefect is , in turn ...
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... body before the emperor . It is said that his majesty carefully examines the depositions in all such cases before con- firming the sentence and ordering the execution . It is also customary for the governor - general or governor to ...
... body before the emperor . It is said that his majesty carefully examines the depositions in all such cases before con- firming the sentence and ordering the execution . It is also customary for the governor - general or governor to ...
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... body of the culprit having been uncovered , each of his arms - he being in a kneeling posture - is held tightly by a turnkey , while a third beats him most unmercifully , be- tween the shoulders with a double cane . Should he continue ...
... body of the culprit having been uncovered , each of his arms - he being in a kneeling posture - is held tightly by a turnkey , while a third beats him most unmercifully , be- tween the shoulders with a double cane . Should he continue ...
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... bodies , or even of dressing their hair , water in Chinese prisons being a scarce commodity , and hair - combs articles almost unknown . In each cell are placed large tubs for the use of the prisoners ; and it is difficult to conceive ...
... bodies , or even of dressing their hair , water in Chinese prisons being a scarce commodity , and hair - combs articles almost unknown . In each cell are placed large tubs for the use of the prisoners ; and it is difficult to conceive ...
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Page 255 - A certain man made a great supper, and bade many : and sent his servant, at supper time, to say to them that were bidden, Come ; for all things are now ready. And they all, with one consent, began to make excuse.
Page 289 - And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son ? And he said unto her, Give me thy son.
Page 41 - For the man whom the king delighteth to honour, let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head: and let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man withal whom the king delighteth to honour...
Page 182 - He had to detect the exact place it was necessary to occupy between the rival political sections on the one hand, and the mass of the people on the other.
Page 256 - Ameen-ad-Dowlah, or second vizier, was to give an entertainment to the ambassador and suite ; and on the day appointed, as is usual in Persia, a messenger came to us, about five o'clock in the evening, to bid us to the feast. I might make use of scriptural language to commence my narration. A certain man made a great supper, and bade many, and sent his servant, at supper time, to say to them that were bidden, Come, for all things are ready.
Page 107 - ... dies, a new being is produced in a more or less painful and material state of existence, according to the karma, the desert or merit, of the being who had died.
Page 17 - ... withal, and an enduring sense of right and wrong. These all form what must be considered an essentially satisfactory basis and groundwork of national character. Among the people there is practical sense; among the gentry, scholarly instincts...
Page 186 - Balfour, loc. cit. vol. ii. p. 882. " robust or infirm, well-formed or deformed, are called upon by their parents to marry so soon as they have attained the age of puberty. Were a grown-up son or daughter to die unmarried, the parents would regard it as most deplorable.
Page 15 - ... word-symbols. In the same individual virtues and vices, apparently incompatible, are placed side by side. Meekness, gentleness, docility, industry, contentment, cheerfulness, obedience to superiors, dutifulness to parents, and reverence for the aged, are in one and the same person, the companions of insincerity, lying, flattery, treachery, cruelty, jealousy, ingratitude, avarice, and distrust of others.
Page 291 - Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels and people making a noise.