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 xii
... half - caste beauties of Macao - Their toilette - Camöens ' Cave - English burial ground and tombs - Roman Catholic procession of saints , angels , and devils . 116 CHAPTER VIII . Amoy - Fortifications - Grandiloquence of the Chinese ...
... half - caste beauties of Macao - Their toilette - Camöens ' Cave - English burial ground and tombs - Roman Catholic procession of saints , angels , and devils . 116 CHAPTER VIII . Amoy - Fortifications - Grandiloquence of the Chinese ...
Pàgina 2
... half in breadth ; the noble harbour is nearly four miles in length , and rather more than one and three quarters in width . There ride at anchor many of the wooden walls of old Eng- ......... land , manned by brave hearts of oak ...
... half in breadth ; the noble harbour is nearly four miles in length , and rather more than one and three quarters in width . There ride at anchor many of the wooden walls of old Eng- ......... land , manned by brave hearts of oak ...
Pàgina 33
... half a pound of wet sand plastered under each wing ; and when the bird was killed , he found the craw filled with the nutritive substance . English bacon varies from a rupee to half a dollar per pound ; hams from two to three shillings ...
... half a pound of wet sand plastered under each wing ; and when the bird was killed , he found the craw filled with the nutritive substance . English bacon varies from a rupee to half a dollar per pound ; hams from two to three shillings ...
Pàgina 56
... half moon or crescent , on the end of a bamboo handle ten feet in length ; one blow or thrust from this for- midable weapon would speedily cut short by at least a head , a fellow's troubles and torments in this world bows , arrows , and ...
... half moon or crescent , on the end of a bamboo handle ten feet in length ; one blow or thrust from this for- midable weapon would speedily cut short by at least a head , a fellow's troubles and torments in this world bows , arrows , and ...
Pàgina 71
... half a mile in width , becomes so crowded with boats of all sizes and classes , crossing and recrossing each other , that a novice might be in despair of forcing a passage , or making his way through them . On either side of the river ...
... half a mile in width , becomes so crowded with boats of all sizes and classes , crossing and recrossing each other , that a novice might be in despair of forcing a passage , or making his way through them . On either side of the river ...
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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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amongst Amoy appearance bamboo beauty biped birds boat British merchants building carved Celestial Empire character China Chinaman Chinese authorities Chinese language Chinese mythology Chusan city of Canton climate cloth Colony colour commenced Consul coolees cultivated curious dollars dwellings Emperor Emperor of China English European feet female fever flowers Foo-chow-foo frequently fruit George Staunton Government green tea guns hands harbour head Ho-nan Hong-Kong hundred inhabitants invariably island joss joss-houses junks Koo-lung-soo lady lanterns leaves Lum-qua Macao mandarin manufacture ment miles nation natives Ning-po officers opium painted peculiar Pekin pirates placed plant population port portion Portuguese present priests produce province reign residence rice river round schooner seen Shang-hae shops side silk silk-worms silken Sir John Davis Spanish dollar species square miles Tartar temples thousand trade tree troops various vegetation vessel Victoria walls war-junk wealthy whilst