From Peking to PetersburgCh'eng Wen, 1972 - 300 pàgines |
Des de l'interior del llibre
Resultats 1 - 3 de 40.
Pàgina 51
... less inured to hardship , less inclined to speculative adventure , more pleasure - loving , less thrifty . The rich Straits- born Chinaman is the advancer , the lender upon security ; the China - born Chinaman is the trader with the ...
... less inured to hardship , less inclined to speculative adventure , more pleasure - loving , less thrifty . The rich Straits- born Chinaman is the advancer , the lender upon security ; the China - born Chinaman is the trader with the ...
Pàgina 121
... less well - to - do . Their tents were smaller and poorer . They seemed to be more eager for money , more on the outlook for ' tips , ' less ceremoniously polite . In a word , we had passed from a nomadic and pastoral people , content ...
... less well - to - do . Their tents were smaller and poorer . They seemed to be more eager for money , more on the outlook for ' tips , ' less ceremoniously polite . In a word , we had passed from a nomadic and pastoral people , content ...
Pàgina 124
... less than formerly , and will become still less when the Trans - Siberian Railway is finished . But the trade was once a very great and very profitable one , and with the money made in the caravan trade the Kiakhta merchants have ...
... less than formerly , and will become still less when the Trans - Siberian Railway is finished . But the trade was once a very great and very profitable one , and with the money made in the caravan trade the Kiakhta merchants have ...
Continguts
CHAPTER PAGE I AT PEKING I | 1 |
FOREIGNERS AT PEKING | 12 |
TO THE OUTER WALL | 27 |
No s’hi han mostrat 18 seccions
Altres edicions - Mostra-ho tot
Frases i termes més freqüents
American arrived Asia Asiatic baggage Belgian Britain British Buriat caravan carried CHAPTER Cheliabinsk chiefly China Chinaman Chinese cold course Desert of Gobi distance doubt drink eastern Empire encampment English European fact ferry foreign French further horses immigrants India interest Irkutsk Japan journey Kalgan Kiakhta Krasnoyarsk Lake Baikal legation less live London Malay Malay Peninsula Manchu Manchuria ment miles military Minister missionaries Mongol Mongolia Moscow mules official Ourga partly passed Peking Petersburg political ponies population Port Arthur proposal race rail reason riding river navigation road roubles route Russia proper Russian Empire Russian Government Russo-Chinese Bank scheme seems servant Shanghai Siberia Siberian Railway silver Singapore speak station steamer Straits Talienwan talk tarantass tent Thibet thing tion told town trade traffic train Trans-Siberian Railway travelling traversed Tsar Tsung-li-Yamen Vladivostock waggon Wall whole Yeneisei