 | Elijah Coleman Bridgman, Samuel Wells Williams - 1837 - 604 pages
...year of his reign (1717): — " There is cause for apprehension, lest, in centuries or millenniums to come, China may be endangered by collision with...of the west, who come hither from beyond the seas." 1 look upwards and admiringly contemplate the gracious consideration of that all-wise progenitor, in... | |
 | Elijah Coleman Bridgman, Samuel Wells Williams - 1838 - 628 pages
...his reign, (AD 1717) — 'There is cause for apprehension lest, in centuries or millenniums to corne, China may be endangered by collision with the various...of the west, who come hither from beyond the seas,' — and now, within the period of two centuries, we actually see the commencement of that danger, which... | |
 | Algernon Sydney Thelwall - 1839 - 204 pages
...year of his reign (1717) : — "There is cause for apprehension, lest, in centuries or millenniums to come, China may be endangered by collision with...giving the distant future a place in his divine and all-pervading foresight. And now, within a period of two centuries, ice actually see the commencement... | |
 | John Slade (editor of the Canton register.) - 1839 - 286 pages
...year of his reign (1717) : — " There is cause for apprehension, lest, in centuries or millenniums to come, China may be endangered by collision with...giving the distant future a place in his divine and all-pervading foresight. And now, within a period of two centuries, we actually see the commencement... | |
 | Algernon Sydney Thelwall - 1839 - 214 pages
...year of his reign (1717) : — "There is cause for apprehension, lest, in centuries or millenniums to come, China may be endangered by collision with...admiringly contemplate the gracious consideration of that all- wise progenitor, in taking thought for the concerns of barbarians beyond the empire, and giving... | |
 | 1840 - 544 pages
...surnamed the Benevolent (Kanghe), I find the following remark by him, dated the 10th month of the 56th year of his reign (1717): — ' There is cause for...all-wise progenitor in taking thought for the concerns of barbarian» beyond the empire, and giving the distant future a place in his divine and all-providing... | |
 | William Dallas Bernard - 1844 - 498 pages
...grandfather of his present Majesty, namely, " that there is cause for apprehension lest, in centuries to come, China may be endangered by collision with...of the West, who come hither from beyond the seas." Indeed it is well known that there prevailed in China a tradition to that effect ; and also another,... | |
 | William Dallas Bernard, Sir William Hutcheon Hall - 1845 - 542 pages
...grandfather of his present Majesty — namely, " that there is cause for apprehension, lest, in centuries to come, China may be endangered by collision with the various nations of the West, u'lw come hither from beyond the seas." Indeed, it is well known that there prevailed in China n tradition... | |
 | Robert Montgomery Martin - 1847 - 558 pages
...of the fifty-fifth year of his reign (1717) : 'There is cause for apprehension, lest in centuries or milleniums to come, China may be endangered by collision...look upwards, and admiringly contemplate the gracious considerations of that all-wise progenitor, in taking thought for the concerns of barbarians beyond... | |
 | Henry Charles Sirr - 1849 - 474 pages
...wherein he said, " There is cause for alarm lest, in future years, China may be endangered by collisions with the various nations of the West, who come hither from beyond the seas;" and, continued Chu-Tsun, "in less than one age and a half, we see the beginning of the danger which... | |
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There is cause for apprehension, lest, in centuries or millenniums to come. China may be endangered by collision with the various nations of the West, who come hither from beyond the seas. 
