Writings, 21 tomasTicknor, 1864 |
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ambassador amongst angels beauty British called Canton China Chinese Christ Christian consul court darkness death degradation doctrine earth emperor Emperor of China English Essenes evangelist evil eyes fact father favor fear felt forest French ground hand heard heavens honor hour human imperial insult interest Isaac Casaubon Ismaeloff jailer Jewish Jews Joseph Scaliger Josephus Judea ko-tou ladies Lamia less looked Lord Amherst Lord Derby Majesty Margaret Maximilian memory ment mighty moral mother murder mysterious namely nation nature never night officer once outrage passed Peiho Peking person Pharisees poor pretensions prince punishment Rabbi rank reader rebels regarded ruin Russian Rutherford Alcock Sadducees Sammael secondly secret sect seemed Shanghai Sir George Bonham sister soul spirit stairs Suetonius suffered suppose Ta-oo-tae Tae-pings terror things thou thousand tion treaty truth Tsing-poo vast voice whilst whole words
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