From Peking to PetersburgE. Arnold, 1899 - 300 pàgines |
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Pàgina 18
... better pleased if members of Parliament did not go to Peking for such purposes . Clearly there is nothing wrong in an English capitalist sit- ting down at Peking to watch over the interests of rail- way or mining concessions ; but many ...
... better pleased if members of Parliament did not go to Peking for such purposes . Clearly there is nothing wrong in an English capitalist sit- ting down at Peking to watch over the interests of rail- way or mining concessions ; but many ...
Pàgina 22
... better than one usually gets in an Eastern hotel . During the very hot weather of the summer all the ministers occupy from time to time their residences — converted temples - on the hills near Peking , varied in more recent years by a ...
... better than one usually gets in an Eastern hotel . During the very hot weather of the summer all the ministers occupy from time to time their residences — converted temples - on the hills near Peking , varied in more recent years by a ...
Pàgina 29
... better understood when it is remembered that we were travelling on the great highway , over which passes all the overland trade between Russia and China . That trade is probably not so great as once it was , in so far as the tea trade ...
... better understood when it is remembered that we were travelling on the great highway , over which passes all the overland trade between Russia and China . That trade is probably not so great as once it was , in so far as the tea trade ...
Pàgina 38
... better communication , I can imagine that such a railway would pay . As it is , the Chinese Government has extended the telegraph line inland to Kalgan , and it has arranged to extend the wires to Ourga , the capital of Mongolia , and ...
... better communication , I can imagine that such a railway would pay . As it is , the Chinese Government has extended the telegraph line inland to Kalgan , and it has arranged to extend the wires to Ourga , the capital of Mongolia , and ...
Pàgina 55
... better . It is largely under the influence of a Straits - born Chinaman , educated at a Scottish University , a man of judgment and knowledge . But , although started with the avowed aim of putting a higher ideal before the Chinese of ...
... better . It is largely under the influence of a Straits - born Chinaman , educated at a Scottish University , a man of judgment and knowledge . But , although started with the avowed aim of putting a higher ideal before the Chinese of ...
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Pàgina 24 - VOLUME II. Thornton. A SPORTING TOUR THROUGH THE NORTHERN PARTS OF ENGLAND AND GREAT PART OF THE HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND. By Colonel T. THORNTON, of Thornville Royal, in Yorkshire. With the Original Illustrations by GARRARD, and other Illustrations and Coloured Plates by GE LODGE. 'Sportsmen of all descriptions will gladly welcome the sumptuous new edition issued by Mr. Edward Arnold of Colonel T. Thornton's Sporting Tour," which has long been a scarce book.
Pàgina 292 - How shall two walk together except they be agreed ? How shall there be true sympathy between a nation whose political activities are world-wide, and one that eats out its heart in merely internal political strife ? When we begin really to look abroad, and to busy ourselves with our duties to the world at large in our generation — and not before — we shall stretch out our hands to Great Britain, realizing that in unity of heart among the Englishspeaking races lies the best hope of humanity in...