From Peking to PetersburgE. Arnold, 1899 - 300 pàgines |
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Pàgina 18
... night after night , to the British military attaché , who was seriously ill . Turning from newspaper men to the great body of concessionaires or concession - hunters , the most notable of these were two members of Parliament , Mr ...
... night after night , to the British military attaché , who was seriously ill . Turning from newspaper men to the great body of concessionaires or concession - hunters , the most notable of these were two members of Parliament , Mr ...
Pàgina 25
... nights being calm and pleasant , I usually walked home . alone , save for the presence of a Chinese boy with a lantern ... night arise from any foolhardiness on my part . Other people were doing the same . No one dreamt of imagining that ...
... nights being calm and pleasant , I usually walked home . alone , save for the presence of a Chinese boy with a lantern ... night arise from any foolhardiness on my part . Other people were doing the same . No one dreamt of imagining that ...
Pàgina 29
... night , in the native inns , we were much gazed at . But always the people were polite and helpful . That we found inns everywhere between Peking and Kalgan may be better understood when it is remembered that we were travelling on the ...
... night , in the native inns , we were much gazed at . But always the people were polite and helpful . That we found inns everywhere between Peking and Kalgan may be better understood when it is remembered that we were travelling on the ...
Pàgina 88
... night , and from the interest which the Mongols dis- played in the remains of that sheep , one could see that mutton as food was not too plentiful with them . Although converted to Buddhism so recently as the sixteenth century , the ...
... night , and from the interest which the Mongols dis- played in the remains of that sheep , one could see that mutton as food was not too plentiful with them . Although converted to Buddhism so recently as the sixteenth century , the ...
Pàgina 93
... night we reached our first Mongolian station . There we were received by the Mongol headman -a most courteous and amiable gentleman - who inspected our passports and produced a letter of advice informing him of our coming , and then ...
... night we reached our first Mongolian station . There we were received by the Mongol headman -a most courteous and amiable gentleman - who inspected our passports and produced a letter of advice informing him of our coming , and then ...
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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...