How We Got Into Pekin: A Narrative of the Campaign in China of 1860 |
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60th Rifles advance allies Armstrong guns army arrived artillery baggage barbarians battery boats Boulby Brigadier brought camp campaign Captain carry cavalry Changkeawhan China Chinaman Chinese Colonel Walker command Commander-in-Chief coolies depôt Desborough's ditch enemy English Fane's Horse feel feet fire force Forts French front gate gingalls Grant ground hands Hang-ki Hong Kong Hooseewoo imperial infantry John Michel King's Dragoon Guards Loch look Lord Elgin Majesty Mandarin marched matchlocks miles Montauban morning natives never night officers palace Parkes party Peiho Pekin Petang pony poor fellow Prince Prince Kung prisoners Probyn's Horse Punjaub quarters regiments ride river road rode Royal Sankolinsin savey Second Division seen sent side Sikhs Sinho Sir H soldier soon sort sowars street strong Tankoo Tartars tell temple tents things Tien-Tsin took town troops Tungchow Victoria Bay village wall wounded yards
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Page 49 - As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the Lord, we will not hearken unto thee. But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth...
Page 49 - But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem : for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.
Page 98 - Last night, among his fellow roughs, He jested, quaffed, and swore; A drunken private of the Buffs, Who never looked before. To-day, beneath the foeman's frown, He stands in Elgin's place, Ambassador from Britain's crown, And type of all her race. Poor, reckless, rude, low-born, untaught, Bewildered, and alone, A heart, with English instinct fraught, He yet can call his own. Ay, tear his body limb from limb, Bring cord or axe or flame, He only knows that not through him Shall England come to shame.
Page 49 - But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.
Page 99 - ... the vision by ; Let dusky Indians whine and kneel, An English lad must die. And .thus, with eyes that would not shrink, With knee to man unbent, Unfaltering on its dreadful brink, To his red grave he went Vain mightiest fleets of iron framed, Vain those all-shattering guns, Unless proud England keep untamed The strong heart of her sons ; So let his name through Europe ring, — A man of mean estate, Who died, as firm as Sparta's king, Because his soul was great.
Page 263 - ... 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 would be not the Barbarians but ourselves. . . . Your Majesty is well familiar with the maxim, that the prince is bound to sacrifice himself for his country. But far be it from your Ministers, at such a time as this, to desire to wound your Majesty's...
Page 99 - Yes, honour calls ! with strength like steel He put the vision by. Let dusky Indians whine and kneel, An English lad must die. And thus, with eyes that would not shrink, With knee to man unbent, Unfaltering on its dreadful brink To his red grave he went.
Page 165 - Endue her plenteously with heavenly gifts ; grant her in health and wealth long to live ; strengthen her that she may vanquish and overcome all her enemies ; and finally, after this life, she may attain everlasting joy and felicity ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Page 229 - At the same time, however, they removed, to my intense relief, the cords from my wrists, which, being very tightly tied, had caused my hands to swell to twice their proper size, and were now giving me great pain. They then laid me on the raised boarding on which the prisoners sleep, and made me fast by another large chain to a beam overhead. The chains consisted of one long and heavy one, stretching from the neck to the feet, to which the hands were fastened by two eross chains and handcuffs, and...