China and the Chinese: Their Religion, Character, Customs, and Manufacturers: the Evils Arising from the Opium Trade : with a Glance at Our Religious, Moral, Political and Commercial Intercourse with the CountryWm. S. Orr & Company, 1849 |
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Pàgina 4
... carrying up earth to form terraces , manuring and irrigating this artificial soil , from which they procured paddy , or rice , and the exquisite bright brilliant green of the young paddy presented a most beautiful contrast to the aged ...
... carrying up earth to form terraces , manuring and irrigating this artificial soil , from which they procured paddy , or rice , and the exquisite bright brilliant green of the young paddy presented a most beautiful contrast to the aged ...
Pàgina 15
... carried off by the same disease . The only living creatures which appear to defy the climate , are vermin of all descriptions ; these thrive and multiply to the ruin and destruction of every description of property . The cheerful note ...
... carried off by the same disease . The only living creatures which appear to defy the climate , are vermin of all descriptions ; these thrive and multiply to the ruin and destruction of every description of property . The cheerful note ...
Pàgina 19
... carried off or destroyed . These audacious rascals did not except the government men ; for one night Government House was robbed ; and another time they actually stole the arms of the sentries . These bands , sometimes a hundred strong ...
... carried off or destroyed . These audacious rascals did not except the government men ; for one night Government House was robbed ; and another time they actually stole the arms of the sentries . These bands , sometimes a hundred strong ...
Pàgina 20
... fault , therefore , does not lie at Sir J. Davis's door , for accepting an honourable and lucrative employment when offered to him . VACILLATION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT . 21 from the carrying into 20 CHINA AND THE CHINESE .
... fault , therefore , does not lie at Sir J. Davis's door , for accepting an honourable and lucrative employment when offered to him . VACILLATION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT . 21 from the carrying into 20 CHINA AND THE CHINESE .
Pàgina 21
... carrying into effect so odious an enactment , as it naturally would cause the departure of many respectable Chinese ; and the termination of this affair proved the correctness of their representations . Meetings of the Chinese ...
... carrying into effect so odious an enactment , as it naturally would cause the departure of many respectable Chinese ; and the termination of this affair proved the correctness of their representations . Meetings of the Chinese ...
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China and the Chinese: Their Religion, Character, Customs, and ..., Volum 1 Henry Charles Sirr Visualització completa - 1849 |
China and the Chinese: Their Religion, Character, Customs, and Manufactures ... Henry Charles Sirr Visualització de fragments - 1849 |
China and the Chinese: Their Religion, Character, Customs, and Manufactures ... Henry Charles Sirr Visualització de fragments - 1978 |
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