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 7
... placed in a bed - chamber , the effect upon a European constitution must be disastrous . In fact , the winter in China is FELT much more severely than in Russia , where the internal arrangements of the dwellings are such as to exclude ...
... placed in a bed - chamber , the effect upon a European constitution must be disastrous . In fact , the winter in China is FELT much more severely than in Russia , where the internal arrangements of the dwellings are such as to exclude ...
Pàgina 11
... duty , and our Government have chartered vessels for the men to live at sea . A pleasant position the English in China would be placed in , were the Chinese to attack them ! McPherson writes , page 168 ( War in China )
... duty , and our Government have chartered vessels for the men to live at sea . A pleasant position the English in China would be placed in , were the Chinese to attack them ! McPherson writes , page 168 ( War in China )
Pàgina 19
... placed under a person's head , being abstracted without the knowledge of the sleeper ; occasionally the Chinese thieves take off a portion of the roof , drop down noiselessly , like cats , into the apartment , take all they want , and ...
... placed under a person's head , being abstracted without the knowledge of the sleeper ; occasionally the Chinese thieves take off a portion of the roof , drop down noiselessly , like cats , into the apartment , take all they want , and ...
Pàgina 22
... placed in high and responsible positions , and whose disagreeable , querulous incapacity for such offices are made manifest without restraint when at a distance from the wholesome check imposed by the home authorities . Such a man was ...
... placed in high and responsible positions , and whose disagreeable , querulous incapacity for such offices are made manifest without restraint when at a distance from the wholesome check imposed by the home authorities . Such a man was ...
Pàgina 24
... placed such men in office ; for , as remarked by Sir George Staunton , in the account of Lord Macartney's Embassy to China , page 309 , " The actions of men in a public capacity being looked upon as the acts of the nation they repre ...
... placed such men in office ; for , as remarked by Sir George Staunton , in the account of Lord Macartney's Embassy to China , page 309 , " The actions of men in a public capacity being looked upon as the acts of the nation they repre ...
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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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