From Peking to PetersburgE. Arnold, 1899 - 300 pàgines |
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... America , and by way of the Suez Canal . Desiring to travel homewards again , I wished to do so by a different route . That was the initial reason , but also , as one deeply interested in the political outlook in Asia , I wished to ...
... America , and by way of the Suez Canal . Desiring to travel homewards again , I wished to do so by a different route . That was the initial reason , but also , as one deeply interested in the political outlook in Asia , I wished to ...
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Arnot Reid. -a car as comfortable as any Pullman or Wagner car in America or England . But , if so , avoid buying a railway ticket , for the Customs Depart- ment collects its money aboard its own car , and declines to recognise or allow ...
Arnot Reid. -a car as comfortable as any Pullman or Wagner car in America or England . But , if so , avoid buying a railway ticket , for the Customs Depart- ment collects its money aboard its own car , and declines to recognise or allow ...
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... American , I was not a visitor ; but one could not go about the town with- out seeing these houses much in evidence , nor could one frequent the Peking Club without having the pleasure to meet diplomatists and their wives , sisters ...
... American , I was not a visitor ; but one could not go about the town with- out seeing these houses much in evidence , nor could one frequent the Peking Club without having the pleasure to meet diplomatists and their wives , sisters ...
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... American who drifted to China many , many years ago , and who has remained there in Li - Hung - Chang's service . Mr. Pethick is an exceedingly agreeable , well - read , and keen - sighted man , and it is , I fancy , chiefly by his ...
... American who drifted to China many , many years ago , and who has remained there in Li - Hung - Chang's service . Mr. Pethick is an exceedingly agreeable , well - read , and keen - sighted man , and it is , I fancy , chiefly by his ...
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... Americans , proceeded to one end of the town to call on the American mission , while I went to the other to deliver my introduction to the Russian merchants and the Russian postmaster . But as I speak no Russian , and as the Russians ...
... Americans , proceeded to one end of the town to call on the American mission , while I went to the other to deliver my introduction to the Russian merchants and the Russian postmaster . But as I speak no Russian , and as the Russians ...
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