A Handbook of the Chinese Language: Parts I and II, Grammar and Chrestomathy, Prepared with a View to Initiate the Student of Chinese in the Rudiments of this Language, and to Supply Materials for His Early Studies |
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adjective Adverbial sentences adverbs ận ancient auxiliary verbs Canton characters chè ché-kó Cheu chì China Chinese Chinese language Chrest Chrestomathy chữ chuén chúng clause colloquial Confucius dialect dynasty Emperor euphonic examples expression giữ Hán hàng haù heú Hiá hùng interrogative jên jîn kiai kiên Kwó laî language liaù liên Mandarin màu means Ming nâng native text ngò niên notion noun ông particles phrases ping prefixed Prince pronoun quên sháng shí shin signify sometimes student style Súng Sung dynasty syllables tán Tang taú tense tiên tớ tới trái translation tsaí Tsin tsiú tsó từ Tùng verb với Wang words Wù-ti yaú yên yiù Yuên yúng
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Page 8 - The mysteries of Hecate, and the night; By .all the operation of the orbs, From whom we do exist, and cease to be ; Here I disclaim all my paternal care, Propinquity and property of blood, And as a stranger to my heart and me Hold thee, from this, for ever.
Page 8 - For, by the sacred radiance of the sun, The mysteries of Hecate, and the night ; By all the operation of the orbs From whom we do exist and cease to be ; Here I disclaim all my paternal care, Propinquity and property of blood, And as a stranger to my heart and me Hold thee from this for ever.
Page 73 - The Tariff of Export and Import Duties, which is hereunto attached, under the seals and signatures of the respective Plenipotentiary and Commissioners, shall henceforward be in force at the five ports of Canton, Foo-chow-foo, Amoy, Ningpo, and Shanghai.
Page 40 - Quidquid agunt homines, votum, timor, ira, voluptas, Gaudia, discursus, nostri est farrago libelli.
Page 73 - Amoy, Ningpo, and Shanghai, shall be thrown open, English merchants shall be allowed to trade only at those five ports. Neither shall they repair to any other ports or places, nor will the Chinese people at any other ports or places be permitted to trade with them. If English merchant vessels shall, in contravention of this agreement, and of a proclamation to the same purport to be issued by the British Plenipotentiary, repair to any other ports or places, the Chinese Government officers shall be...
Page 8 - Upon this question being proposed to the whole assembly, they stared one upon another, as not knowing what to answer. He then interrogated each of them separately.
Page 75 - It is agreed that English merchants and others residing at, or resorting to, the five ports to be opened, shall not go into the surrounding country beyond certain short distances to be named by the local authorities, in concert with the British Consul, and on no pretence for purposes of traffic.
Page viii - Hii'ii wun shoo. Chinese moral maxims, with a free and verbal translation affording examples of the grammatical structure of the language, compiled by John Francis Davis.
Page 75 - VI. provides that English merchants and others residing at, or resorting to, the five ports, shall not go into the surrounding country beyond certain distances (to be fixed by the local authorities and consuls), and " on no pretence for purposes of traffic ;" and that if any person, whatever his rank, station, or calling, disobey this article and " wander away into the country...
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