From Peking to PetersburgE. Arnold, 1899 - 300 pàgines |
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... servants ; but , after all , that could only mean a few hundred people within a space that might house many thou- sands . Peking is not a populous city . It is a city designed as the seat of a great government ; a city AT PEKING 7.
... servants ; but , after all , that could only mean a few hundred people within a space that might house many thou- sands . Peking is not a populous city . It is a city designed as the seat of a great government ; a city AT PEKING 7.
Pàgina 8
Arnot Reid. as the seat of a great government ; a city designed with a liberal hand and a generous mind ; a city that has been decaying ever since it was built , and yet a city that could easily be repaired . Of all the capital cities of ...
Arnot Reid. as the seat of a great government ; a city designed with a liberal hand and a generous mind ; a city that has been decaying ever since it was built , and yet a city that could easily be repaired . Of all the capital cities of ...
Pàgina 15
... Government and its officials . No doubt the more important business of the bank at Peking , the negotiation of great loans and the like , is under the initiative of Mr. Jackson , the chief manager at Hong Kong . That goes without saying ...
... Government and its officials . No doubt the more important business of the bank at Peking , the negotiation of great loans and the like , is under the initiative of Mr. Jackson , the chief manager at Hong Kong . That goes without saying ...
Pàgina 23
... Government . M. Pavlov very properly advised me that the formal application to the Tsung- li - Yamen should be made through my own minister ; but he added the inaccurate ( although , as it at first seemed , the amiably intended ) ...
... Government . M. Pavlov very properly advised me that the formal application to the Tsung- li - Yamen should be made through my own minister ; but he added the inaccurate ( although , as it at first seemed , the amiably intended ) ...
Pàgina 30
... government for the pro- vince ) , and Kalgan , which latter is the distributing centre for the Mongolian trade and the caravan Hsuan - hua - fu , for instance , is only twenty miles from Kalgan , and yet each is a city of about 100,000 ...
... government for the pro- vince ) , and Kalgan , which latter is the distributing centre for the Mongolian trade and the caravan Hsuan - hua - fu , for instance , is only twenty miles from Kalgan , and yet each is a city of about 100,000 ...
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