From Peking to PetersburgE. Arnold, 1899 - 300 pàgines |
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... officials . No doubt the more important business of the bank at Peking , the negotiation of great loans and the like , is under the initiative of Mr. Jackson , the chief manager at Hong Kong . That goes without saying , for no bank ...
... officials . No doubt the more important business of the bank at Peking , the negotiation of great loans and the like , is under the initiative of Mr. Jackson , the chief manager at Hong Kong . That goes without saying , for no bank ...
Pàgina 23
... that I desired a very definite and positive order - had not been given to any European , except an official travelling to or from his post . I had no reason to doubt that that statement was made to me in good FOREIGNERS AT PEKING 23.
... that I desired a very definite and positive order - had not been given to any European , except an official travelling to or from his post . I had no reason to doubt that that statement was made to me in good FOREIGNERS AT PEKING 23.
Pàgina 25
... officials , and to explain how glad I was that it had not been necessary to trouble him further with my little affair . Before passing from the foreign community of Peking , it may be convenient to say something of the danger that they ...
... officials , and to explain how glad I was that it had not been necessary to trouble him further with my little affair . Before passing from the foreign community of Peking , it may be convenient to say something of the danger that they ...
Pàgina 40
... officials . Instantly they would read it aloud with an ease that showed them to be familiar with the written character ... official classes also we found helpful , though grudging . We only intended to stay one day at Kalgan , though ...
... officials . Instantly they would read it aloud with an ease that showed them to be familiar with the written character ... official classes also we found helpful , though grudging . We only intended to stay one day at Kalgan , though ...
Pàgina 42
... officials , and when , with much interpretation , the Chinese officials had thoroughly grasped what we wanted , and what the Tsung - li - Yamen had authorized us to get , they gave us help , but not too willingly . The attitude of the ...
... officials , and when , with much interpretation , the Chinese officials had thoroughly grasped what we wanted , and what the Tsung - li - Yamen had authorized us to get , they gave us help , but not too willingly . The attitude of the ...
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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...