China and the Chinese: Their Religion, Character, Customs, and Manufactures : the Evils Arising from the Opium Trade, with a Glance at Our Religious, Moral, Political, and Commercial Intercourse with the Country, Volum 1Chinese Materials Center, 1978 |
Des de l'interior del llibre
Resultats 1 - 3 de 28.
Pàgina 34
... rice , strange to say , in a rice pro- ducing country , fetches a higher price than it does here ; this arises from rice being the food of the million . The higher class of Rhenish and French wines we have bought cheaper than we could ...
... rice , strange to say , in a rice pro- ducing country , fetches a higher price than it does here ; this arises from rice being the food of the million . The higher class of Rhenish and French wines we have bought cheaper than we could ...
Pàgina 186
... rice , was put on the plate , and handed about as previously de- scribed ; we took the platter , examining it more nar- rowly than any of the former articles , resolved this time there should be no mistake , for as the conjurer had ...
... rice , was put on the plate , and handed about as previously de- scribed ; we took the platter , examining it more nar- rowly than any of the former articles , resolved this time there should be no mistake , for as the conjurer had ...
Pàgina 333
... RICE . 333 preserved in these reservoirs , the water is carried , both by manual labour and ingenuity , to the heights above . The various modes of irrigation adopted by the Chinese , with chain and other pumps , have been so constantly ...
... RICE . 333 preserved in these reservoirs , the water is carried , both by manual labour and ingenuity , to the heights above . The various modes of irrigation adopted by the Chinese , with chain and other pumps , have been so constantly ...
Altres edicions - Mostra-ho tot
China and the Chinese: Their Religion, Character, Customs, and Manufacturers ... Henry Charles Sirr Visualització completa - 1849 |
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 |
Frases i termes més freqüents
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 hand 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 worms