Quang-si

Definitions

Noun. [B2]

Examples

“THIS is the moſt conſiderable of all the Southern Provinces. It is bounded on the North-Eaſt by that of Fo-kyen ; on the North by Kyang-ſi, on the Weſt by Quang-ſi and the Kingdom of Tong-king ; the reſt is waſh'd by the Sea, where are a good Number⟳ of commodious Ports.”

“After the death of the empreſs Papûſha he had been baniſhed into Korea, from whence he was removed to Quey-lin Fû, the capital of Quang-ſi.”

“It was on the 24th that the Tſong-tou returned from a journey which he had made to the province of Quang-ſi, which, like⟳ that of Quang-tong, was ſubject to his adminiſtration; but the Fou-yuen being obliged to ſet off the ſame day, and to go and examine⟳ the damages occaſioned by an inundation, at the diſtance of two or three days journey, his unforeſeen abſence determined the Tſong-tou to ſend, on the following day, two principal Mandarins to wait⟳ upon the Ambaſſador, and to tell⟳ him, that the was prevented by that circumſtance from giving him an audience.”

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