 | Edward Barrington De Fonblanque - 1862 - 338 páginas
...from the seat of war ; that what in name was a campaign was in reality a huntingtour Your Majesty is familiar with the maxim, that the prince is bound to sacrifice himself for his country." Ai-jin, a censor, reminds his Majesty of the fate of Kia Tsing, of the Ming dynasty (AD 1457), who,... | |
 | Elizabeth McMullin Muter ("Mrs. D. D. Muter.) - 1864 - 346 páginas
...the capital? Third, what if, elsewhere, your Majesty should be in the midst of more serious dangers ? Your Majesty is well familiar with the maxim, that...prince is bound to sacrifice himself for his country." The next memorial is from Ai-Yin, a censor, and seventy-four others — rather a cumbrous board, and... | |
 | Sir James Hope Grant - 1875 - 358 páginas
...within [the capital], the authors of our calamities would be not the Barbarians but ourselves. . . . Your Majesty is well familiar with the maxim, that...is in no degree so serious as to make it necessary. The great danger now to be avoided is that of disturbances arising from within. . . ." EXTRACTS from... | |
 | Sir James Hope Grant - 1875 - 380 páginas
...within [the capital], the • authors of our calamities would be not the Barbarians but ourselves. . . . Your Majesty is well familiar with the maxim, that...is in no degree so serious as to make it necessary. The great danger now to be avoided is that of disturbances arising from within. . . ." EXTRACTS from... | |
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... numbers of Russian Barbarians, some of whom have been for a long time pretending to deliver communications at Pekin for the furtherance of some treacherous designs. ... If commotions were to arise within [the capital], the authors of our calamities... 