From Peking to PetersburgE. Arnold, 1899 - 300 pàgines |
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... enter on a difficult and hazardous undertaking , and no one quite believed me when I predicted that the journey would involve no risk and little hardship . The provocative cause of this journey was a very matter - of - fact one . I was ...
... enter on a difficult and hazardous undertaking , and no one quite believed me when I predicted that the journey would involve no risk and little hardship . The provocative cause of this journey was a very matter - of - fact one . I was ...
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... enter on the journey unpre- pared for the incidents of Asiatic travel ; and I did enter on it in the firm belief that one could penetrate China , could cross ' the dread Desert of Gobi , ' and could travel through Siberia , with no ...
... enter on the journey unpre- pared for the incidents of Asiatic travel ; and I did enter on it in the firm belief that one could penetrate China , could cross ' the dread Desert of Gobi , ' and could travel through Siberia , with no ...
Pàgina 19
... officers . Naturally , if such an army be created , any British officer who can speak Chinese will obtain a post in preference to an officer who cannot speak Chinese ; and that is why these zealous and enter- 2-2 FOREIGNERS AT PEKING 19.
... officers . Naturally , if such an army be created , any British officer who can speak Chinese will obtain a post in preference to an officer who cannot speak Chinese ; and that is why these zealous and enter- 2-2 FOREIGNERS AT PEKING 19.
Pàgina 20
Arnot Reid. Chinese ; and that is why these zealous and enter- prising officers are content to spend a furlough in Peking . ན Among the other foreign residents whom I met at Peking , none was more interesting to me than Mr. Pethick , who ...
Arnot Reid. Chinese ; and that is why these zealous and enter- prising officers are content to spend a furlough in Peking . ན Among the other foreign residents whom I met at Peking , none was more interesting to me than Mr. Pethick , who ...
Pàgina 85
... enter a hilly and a wooded country , in which , though it is mainly pastoral , there are possibilities of cereal culti- vation , as there are also in the districts near the Great Wall of China .. The Mongols , however , do not engage in ...
... enter a hilly and a wooded country , in which , though it is mainly pastoral , there are possibilities of cereal culti- vation , as there are also in the districts near the Great Wall of China .. The Mongols , however , do not engage in ...
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