Meaning of Keangsoo | Babel Free

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Noun. [B2]

Examples

“Keangsoo is easy of approach⟳ ; but, though the two largest rivers of China, the Yellow river, and the Yang-tsze-keang, both disembogue themselves into the sea within its confines, yet it possesses but one good port, which is Shang-hae-Heen, near the frontiers of Chekeang.”

“The principal place⟳ where the poison abounded in China, was Canton; and to strike⟳ the decisive blow⟳ there, was the firm resolution of Taou-kwang. He chose, as the instrument to effect his purpose, that very Lin-tsi-tsen, who had remonstrated with him so very earnestly in behalf of the people in Keangsoo; and who, when subsequently raised to be governor-general of Hoo-kwang, had proceeded with the most relentless cruelty against opium-smokers.”

“At this period, Yukien, by birth a Mongol Tartar, was governor of Keangsoo province. This man proved himself in the sequel the most savage and remorseless brute that among several others disgraced his name⟳ and nation, but he met with a just fate at last⟳.”

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