From Peking to PetersburgE. Arnold, 1899 - 300 pàgines |
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... course , at work day by day , himself directing and deciding everything . That , of course , is a dangerous situa- tion in which to place the customs service . With all deference to Sir Robert's great ability and force of character ...
... course , at work day by day , himself directing and deciding everything . That , of course , is a dangerous situa- tion in which to place the customs service . With all deference to Sir Robert's great ability and force of character ...
Pàgina 18
... course , in an honorary capacity as physician to the legation , and was attending with zealous and unremitting devotion , night after night , to the British military attaché , who was seriously ill . Turning from newspaper men to the ...
... course , in an honorary capacity as physician to the legation , and was attending with zealous and unremitting devotion , night after night , to the British military attaché , who was seriously ill . Turning from newspaper men to the ...
Pàgina 21
... Having described the foreign society of Peking , it may be as well to add something as to how that society lives , and moves , and meets . The formal social life of the community is , of course , FOREIGNERS AT PEKING 21.
... Having described the foreign society of Peking , it may be as well to add something as to how that society lives , and moves , and meets . The formal social life of the community is , of course , FOREIGNERS AT PEKING 21.
Pàgina 22
Arnot Reid. social life of the community is , of course , organized at Peking as elsewhere on an interchange of dinners . But there is much informal and agreeable inter- course . Lawn - tennis parties in the legation grounds are very ...
Arnot Reid. social life of the community is , of course , organized at Peking as elsewhere on an interchange of dinners . But there is much informal and agreeable inter- course . Lawn - tennis parties in the legation grounds are very ...
Pàgina 23
Arnot Reid. its personality . Of course , in so small a com- munity , and amidst the strain of competing diplomatic interests , it may be admitted that the relations between the various members of the com- munity may sometimes become a ...
Arnot Reid. its personality . Of course , in so small a com- munity , and amidst the strain of competing diplomatic interests , it may be admitted that the relations between the various members of the com- munity may sometimes become a ...
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