From Peking to PetersburgE. Arnold, 1899 - 300 pàgines |
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Pàgina 5
... buildings of Peking are characteristic of the Chinese Empire . The whole is falling to decay for lack of public spirit . The period of my visit , the latter half of August , is not the best period to visit Peking . I selected that time ...
... buildings of Peking are characteristic of the Chinese Empire . The whole is falling to decay for lack of public spirit . The period of my visit , the latter half of August , is not the best period to visit Peking . I selected that time ...
Pàgina 7
... building , and there is no high building . Each house has its court- yard . The great houses have many courtyards . At Li Hung Chang's house I went through half a dozen different courtyards before I arrived at His Excel- lency's ...
... building , and there is no high building . Each house has its court- yard . The great houses have many courtyards . At Li Hung Chang's house I went through half a dozen different courtyards before I arrived at His Excel- lency's ...
Pàgina 9
... buildings of the temple . Waiting - rooms and reception - rooms were quaintly and incongruously furnished with Chinese objects of art , mingled with presents received by Li on his round - the - world tour . Here was an oil - painting ...
... buildings of the temple . Waiting - rooms and reception - rooms were quaintly and incongruously furnished with Chinese objects of art , mingled with presents received by Li on his round - the - world tour . Here was an oil - painting ...
Pàgina 12
... a hall that might be , and that was , the entrance to a Buddhist shrine . Around the main body of the temple , in the spacious and wooded grounds of the legation , various minor and modern build- ings [ 12 ] FOREIGNERS AT PEKING.
... a hall that might be , and that was , the entrance to a Buddhist shrine . Around the main body of the temple , in the spacious and wooded grounds of the legation , various minor and modern build- ings [ 12 ] FOREIGNERS AT PEKING.
Pàgina 13
Arnot Reid. of the legation , various minor and modern build- ings have been erected ; for the population at- tached to ... building in equally spacious grounds , and if the Russian population of civil servants proper was somewhat smaller ...
Arnot Reid. of the legation , various minor and modern build- ings have been erected ; for the population at- tached to ... building in equally spacious grounds , and if the Russian population of civil servants proper was somewhat smaller ...
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