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 |
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Pàgina 5
... vegetation is scant , and the rocks sterile , and all around appears to impress on the senses , that Death is the presiding genius of Hong - Kong . This island is as deficient in resources , and insalu- brious in climate , as it is ...
... vegetation is scant , and the rocks sterile , and all around appears to impress on the senses , that Death is the presiding genius of Hong - Kong . This island is as deficient in resources , and insalu- brious in climate , as it is ...
Pàgina 205
... vegetation ; some of these were the most perfect and minute we ever saw . The grounds and gardens of a wealthy merchant who has retired from trade , and whose residence is situated in the middle of the town , con- tains the most curious ...
... vegetation ; some of these were the most perfect and minute we ever saw . The grounds and gardens of a wealthy merchant who has retired from trade , and whose residence is situated in the middle of the town , con- tains the most curious ...
Pàgina 340
... vegetation of China is peculiar to that country ; for although we now have in England dwarfed specimens of the cactii , and other plants , nothing as yet has been produced , that can either com- pete , or compare with the extraordinary ...
... vegetation of China is peculiar to that country ; for although we now have in England dwarfed specimens of the cactii , and other plants , nothing as yet has been produced , that can either com- pete , or compare with the extraordinary ...
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