... 1996:68): The content of benevolence is the serving of one’s parents; the content of dutifulness is the obedience to one’s elder brothers; the content of wisdom is to understand these to hold ... and the tortoise shell (kuei); miscellaneous divine uses, the system of forms (hsing). The combination of these two fundamental systems provides the explanatory basis for the formation ofthe ... beginning from the right-hand side ofthe page. A peculiarity of accounting in the Ming-Qing period (1368-1911) was the parallel use of three different kinds of numerals: the caoma numerals (the commercial...
... affair is a copy of part of Gascoigne's account, of which the following is a transcript:— [Pg 20] THE OFFICE OFTHE POSTE. In the office of William Dodington, Esquire, Auditor of Her Matie. ... forward in the street; on the east side being another building answerable thereto." These premises served as the Post Office for the long period of 118 years. The first half ofthe present ... Esq., ofthe General Post Office," and another part ofthe paper contains the following paragraph:[Pg 56]— " ;The untimely death of Mrs. Freeling is lamented far beyond the circle of her...
... in the din of battle then the piper raised the inspiring sound ofthe pibroch. When the conflict was over the bard and the piper were again called into service the former to honor the memory of ... reputation ofthe clan. These addresses were delivered with great vehemence of manner, and neverfailed to raise the feelings ofthe listeners to the highest pitch of enthusiasm. When the voice ofthe ... into cakes. The sheep being left upon the open heaths, seek to shelter themselves from the inclemency ofthe weather amongst the hollows upon the lee-side ofthe mountains, and here they arefrequently...
... determined upon the total destruction of the city, bent their heads in token of adhesion. They could scarcely wait for the moment ofthe ballot, soeager were they to give signs of their obedience. ... the exile of its citizens. They had come now to implore the intervention ofthe Emperor,whose power alone, they urged, could check the tyranny ofthe Milanese and save from utter ruin the othercities ... dismayed the Milanese, who were ignorant ofthe fate in store for them, but they hadlearned to appreciate the energy and courage ofthe Emperor, and they began to estimate the necessity of strengthening...
... characteristics: The Board of Governors ofthe Federal Reserve System, the Office ofthe Comptroller ofthe Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of Thrift Supervision ... RESERVE BANK OF ST.LOUISREV I EW for taking risky strategies, regardless of whetherthey were aware of their scale, and the creditors of the institution were able to pass the debts of the company ... earlier. The second question concerns the effective-ness ofthe response mechanism ofthe authoritiesin the United States and the United Kingdom. The decisions to defend vital elements of the banking...
... VALLEY OFTHE RIO PECOS. About thirty miles to the south-east ofthe city of Santa Fé, and in the western sections of the district of San Miguel (New Mexico), the upper course ofthe Rio ... one ofthe two lower stories disappears, and but one remains on the east side lower than the rest. beyond, flow in the direction ofthe South Sea; further on they take the direction ofthe ... to the Rio Grande del Norte. The only settled region, or rather the region containing the remains of large settlements, lying west ofthe water-shed between the Colorado ofthe West and the...
... former judges ofthe courts, officers of the militia, and justices ofthe peace, were continued in their respective offices. But such was the nationalantipathy ofthe English settlers to the poor ... jealous of his designs, and as none of their neighbours hadreturned, they were apprehensive he had killed and eat them. The crew ofthe man of war observing the An Historical Account ofthe Rise ... mark the buds of the spring, as the bloom of summer, or the decay of autumn.[Sidenote] America peopled in an improved age.An Historical Account ofthe Rise and Progress ofthe Colonies of South...
... attributed them to the action of evil spirits. It was impossible to see either the machines of war, the erection of parapets, or the work of the siege. The Swedes came near the very walls ofthe cloister. ... Chenstohova,but ofthe whole country. The surrender of Yasna Gora would have removed the last hope ofthe patriots, andpushed the Commonwealth finally into the arms ofthe King of Sweden; while, on the ... monks; they took the paper and went their way. Millerpromised the opening ofthe gates at eight ofthe following morning. Joy indescribable reigned in the camp of the Swedes. The soldiers left the...
... for the time being, and the strongest for the time being was the man who had the ear of the King and his minister.[Sidenote: The law of Canada.][Sidenote: The courts of justice.] The law ofthe ... were the rightful owners ofthe land. In course of timethey came into conflict with the Mohican Indians along the banks ofthe Hudson; but with the Five Nations, the nearest of whom were the ... though the Gaspé peninsula, on the southern side ofthe estuary, extends much further to the east. Thus the centre of the St. Lawrence basin is equidistant from the mouth of that river and from the...
... sometimes the Southern arms regained the territory they had lost, which brought the teachers into danger on one hand, and the colored people on the other. It had always been the policy of the Southern ... conventional blue, the fair sex as thick as the leaves ofthe forest, boys in the trees, all the windows full of sight-seers, and men and boys on the roofs ofthe houses well, indeed, might the oldestinhabitant ... compared the condition ofthe South at the close ofthe war to that of a forest of mightytrees, all suddenly dashed to the earth by the force of overwhelming and irresistible winds even the terriblewinds...
... loses the confidence ofthe convention, on account ofthe disorders inCalvados. 19. The news reaches London of a naval action on the 18th of April between the French andEnglish. The army ofthe ... members complain of outrages committed on them, on account of votes they had given. 10. Attack and pillage ofthe palace of the Tuilleries. Massacre ofthe Swiss, and of a great number ofthe King's ... representatives ofthe nobility; and 192 deputies from the commons. The Cardinal de JOYEUSE was president ofthe clergy; the Baron SENECEY ofthe nobility; and the president ofthe commons was...
... Questions in the History of Our Party since the Founding ofthe People’s Republic of China adopted at the plenum, Mao’s theory of continuing revolution under the dictatorship ofthe proletariat ... Department, director ofthe Political Research Institute ofthe CCP Central Committee, editor-in-chief ofthe CCP theoretical organ Red Flag, and vice-president ofthe Chinese Academy of Science. He ... ofthe Chinese Cultural Revolution provides an extensive chronology that traces the events ofthe revolution and the introduction puts those events in context and explains them. The bulk of the...
... ofthe Buddha directed at his father, Yasa becameenlightened. Then the Buddha revealed the young man to his father, reunitedthem, and they went home together for the sake of Yasa’s mother. The ... cosmic event, witnessed by the gods ofthe earth and the six levels of the heavens as well as the hells. The words ofthe Buddha functioned like a cosmo- THE DIFFERENT PATHS OF BUDDHISM30robin-bobin ... precise teachings ofthe Buddha and thehistorical sequence in whichthey were presented. The important point is not thehistorical accuracy of the account, but rather that the Buddhist tradition...