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 ix
... colony . Although we cannot coincide with a literary friend of ours , in saying , that " Chu- san is the Great Britain of China , " still manifold would be the advantages , which would accrue to the parent country , could a British colony ...
... colony . Although we cannot coincide with a literary friend of ours , in saying , that " Chu- san is the Great Britain of China , " still manifold would be the advantages , which would accrue to the parent country , could a British colony ...
Pàgina 1
... Colony , inhabited by many of Great Britain's merchant princes of the East . Hong - Kong is an abbreviation of Heang - Keang , which , in the Chinese language , signifies the valley of fragrant waters , and it is one of the group of ...
... Colony , inhabited by many of Great Britain's merchant princes of the East . Hong - Kong is an abbreviation of Heang - Keang , which , in the Chinese language , signifies the valley of fragrant waters , and it is one of the group of ...
Pàgina 6
... Colony would experience inevi- tably the horrors of famine , unless an extraordinary amount of provisions chanced to be in store . The climate of China is , in no part of the empire , salubrious or adapted to the European constitution ...
... Colony would experience inevi- tably the horrors of famine , unless an extraordinary amount of provisions chanced to be in store . The climate of China is , in no part of the empire , salubrious or adapted to the European constitution ...
Pàgina 12
... but assuredly , knowing what they do of the unhealthiness of the Island , most unfairly , to increase the number of colonists , by mis- UNHEALTHY LOCALITY OF VICTORIA . 13 representations - hence the 12 CHINA AND THE CHINESE .
... but assuredly , knowing what they do of the unhealthiness of the Island , most unfairly , to increase the number of colonists , by mis- UNHEALTHY LOCALITY OF VICTORIA . 13 representations - hence the 12 CHINA AND THE CHINESE .
Pàgina 13
... Colony a bad name , deter others leaving home to settle here , and ultimately would cause the ruin of the Colony . " In common justice , however , let the truth be told , and afford those who may be lured to reside there by the hope of ...
... Colony a bad name , deter others leaving home to settle here , and ultimately would cause the ruin of the Colony . " In common justice , however , let the truth be told , and afford those who may be lured to reside there by the hope of ...
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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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