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 v
... in the Legislative Assembly of his country , to suppress the trade in Opium , and in token of respect and esteem , By his obliged and faithful friend , 826297 THE AUTHOR . PREFACE . THIS Work was commenced in 1846 , and.
... in the Legislative Assembly of his country , to suppress the trade in Opium , and in token of respect and esteem , By his obliged and faithful friend , 826297 THE AUTHOR . PREFACE . THIS Work was commenced in 1846 , and.
Pàgina vii
... commenced in 1846 , and about fifty of the following pages appeared in a series of papers , published in the Dublin University Magazine , under the same title ; and feelings of diffidence might have prevented us from launching our bark ...
... commenced in 1846 , and about fifty of the following pages appeared in a series of papers , published in the Dublin University Magazine , under the same title ; and feelings of diffidence might have prevented us from launching our bark ...
Pàgina 1
... commencement of the year 1841 , Hong - Kong was ceded to Her Britannic Majesty by the Emperor of China , and immediately afterwards British mer- chants , who were induced to settle there by the libe- ral offers of land , made by the ...
... commencement of the year 1841 , Hong - Kong was ceded to Her Britannic Majesty by the Emperor of China , and immediately afterwards British mer- chants , who were induced to settle there by the libe- ral offers of land , made by the ...
Pàgina 6
... commencement of 1848 ) at Macao , we should either be obliged to submit to their terms , be they what they might , or our Colony would experience inevi- tably the horrors of famine , unless an extraordinary amount of provisions chanced ...
... commencement of 1848 ) at Macao , we should either be obliged to submit to their terms , be they what they might , or our Colony would experience inevi- tably the horrors of famine , unless an extraordinary amount of provisions chanced ...
Pàgina 7
... commences . The sum- mer has been admitted , by all the Anglo - Indians , whom we met in China , to be far hotter , and more fatally injurious to the constitution , than the hot months in India , and we have found continually the ...
... commences . The sum- mer has been admitted , by all the Anglo - Indians , whom we met in China , to be far hotter , and more fatally injurious to the constitution , than the hot months in India , and we have found continually the ...
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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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