ChinaT. Fisher Unwin, 1899 - 456 pàgines |
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Pàgina ix
Sir Robert Kennaway Douglas. PREFACE It THE antiquity of China is so great , and the history of the Empire covers so vast a period that it was plainly impossible to compress the whole subject within the limits of a single volume of this ...
Sir Robert Kennaway Douglas. PREFACE It THE antiquity of China is so great , and the history of the Empire covers so vast a period that it was plainly impossible to compress the whole subject within the limits of a single volume of this ...
Pàgina xiii
... China appeals for help - Russia and the K'ot'ow - Rude treatment of Lord Amherst - A reproving statesman - A filial eulogy - Russian college at Peking - A vicious prince . VIII . FOREIGN RELATIONS WITH CHINA 207-253 Opposition to opium ...
... China appeals for help - Russia and the K'ot'ow - Rude treatment of Lord Amherst - A reproving statesman - A filial eulogy - Russian college at Peking - A vicious prince . VIII . FOREIGN RELATIONS WITH CHINA 207-253 Opposition to opium ...
Pàgina xvii
... CHINESE BARROW - MAN GOING HOME 25 49 59 A MONUMENT AT MOUKDEN 65 A MANCHU OFFICIAL AND LADY CHINESE NATIVE SOLDIERS , WITH OFFICER 66 69 A STREET SCENE IN MOUKDEN A CHINESE GENERAL A MANCHURIAN THEATRE 71 73 75 TRAVELLING IN MANCHURIA ...
... CHINESE BARROW - MAN GOING HOME 25 49 59 A MONUMENT AT MOUKDEN 65 A MANCHU OFFICIAL AND LADY CHINESE NATIVE SOLDIERS , WITH OFFICER 66 69 A STREET SCENE IN MOUKDEN A CHINESE GENERAL A MANCHURIAN THEATRE 71 73 75 TRAVELLING IN MANCHURIA ...
Pàgina xviii
... CHINESE BARROW RIDE THE LAMA TEMPLE AT PEKING A CHINESE DINNER - PARTY A CHINESE COOLIE . OPIUM SMOKERS PAGE 89 92 96 99 120 . 147 • 167 179 181 209 PRISONERS WEARING THE " CANGUE " 223 A RIVER SCENE H.E. SIR HARRY S. PARKES , K.C.B. ...
... CHINESE BARROW RIDE THE LAMA TEMPLE AT PEKING A CHINESE DINNER - PARTY A CHINESE COOLIE . OPIUM SMOKERS PAGE 89 92 96 99 120 . 147 • 167 179 181 209 PRISONERS WEARING THE " CANGUE " 223 A RIVER SCENE H.E. SIR HARRY S. PARKES , K.C.B. ...
Pàgina 1
... China alone has preserved its existence in defiance of the dis- integrating effects of time and the assaults of her enemies . While the ancient Empires of Egypt , Babylonia , and Assyria have waxed and waned , she has maintained her ...
... China alone has preserved its existence in defiance of the dis- integrating effects of time and the assaults of her enemies . While the ancient Empires of Egypt , Babylonia , and Assyria have waxed and waned , she has maintained her ...
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Pàgina 120 - The lovely Thais by his side, Sat like a blooming eastern bride, In flower of youth and beauty's pride. — Happy, happy...
Pàgina 214 - The merchants of Great Britain wish to trade with all China on principles of mutual benefit; they will never relax in their exertions till they gain a point of equal importance to both countries, and the viceroy will find it as easy to stop the current of the Canton river, as to carry into effect the insane determinations of the hong.
Pàgina 364 - ... sectaries drank up the blood, greedily tore asunder the quivering members, and pledged themselves to eternal secrecy by a mutual consciousness of guilt. It was as confidently affirmed that this inhuman sacrifice was succeeded by a suitable entertainment, in which intemperance served as a...