Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 169W. Blackwood, 1901 |
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Pagina 64
... Rutherford Alcock had reached the age of eighty- eight years , twenty - seven of which had been spent in the Far East in his country's ser- vice . Born in May 1809 , he seemed destined to follow his a father in the profession of ...
... Rutherford Alcock had reached the age of eighty- eight years , twenty - seven of which had been spent in the Far East in his country's ser- vice . Born in May 1809 , he seemed destined to follow his a father in the profession of ...
Pagina 65
... Alcock , just re- covering from the misfortune which had checked his pro- fessional advance , was selected to fill ... Rutherford Alcock an official connection with China affairs . In 1870 he was released from his post , and ...
... Alcock , just re- covering from the misfortune which had checked his pro- fessional advance , was selected to fill ... Rutherford Alcock an official connection with China affairs . In 1870 he was released from his post , and ...
Pagina 66
... Rutherford Alcock were placed in his hands . Between the subject - matter of this bio- graphy and its writer , there- fore , there is the happiest corre- spondence , and the correspond- ence is closer even than thus appears upon the ...
... Rutherford Alcock were placed in his hands . Between the subject - matter of this bio- graphy and its writer , there- fore , there is the happiest corre- spondence , and the correspond- ence is closer even than thus appears upon the ...
Pagina 76
... Rutherford Alcock succeeded Sir Frederick Bruce as Minister in 1865 . Upon the surface things ap- peared to be progressing well . Foreign life was already run- ning in settled grooves . The Manchu statesmen , with innate tact , were ...
... Rutherford Alcock succeeded Sir Frederick Bruce as Minister in 1865 . Upon the surface things ap- peared to be progressing well . Foreign life was already run- ning in settled grooves . The Manchu statesmen , with innate tact , were ...
Pagina 77
... Rutherford Alcock himself was in no doubt about the situa- tion : - " Pressure there must always be here , " he wrote . .. However we 66 may disguise it , our position in China has been created by force naked , physical force ; and any ...
... Rutherford Alcock himself was in no doubt about the situa- tion : - " Pressure there must always be here , " he wrote . .. However we 66 may disguise it , our position in China has been created by force naked , physical force ; and any ...
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