From Peking to PetersburgE. Arnold, 1899 - 300 pàgines |
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... reason the story of my journey may correct some misapprehensions . There are many to be corrected . Thus , when I arranged to travel through the continent of Asia , from Peking to St. Petersburg , and told my friends of what I proposed ...
... reason the story of my journey may correct some misapprehensions . There are many to be corrected . Thus , when I arranged to travel through the continent of Asia , from Peking to St. Petersburg , and told my friends of what I proposed ...
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... reasons that enforced a longer stay . Temples and tombs , observatories and pagodas , one becomes wearied of . Always one is sickened by the same signs of decay . You go to a great structure of solid stone , white marble , and curious ...
... reasons that enforced a longer stay . Temples and tombs , observatories and pagodas , one becomes wearied of . Always one is sickened by the same signs of decay . You go to a great structure of solid stone , white marble , and curious ...
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... reason why it fails to govern . Within the walls of Peking , and without books , you can read the past and gauge the future of China . It turns on one point . Who is to repair Peking , and all that Peking typifies ? In journeying ...
... reason why it fails to govern . Within the walls of Peking , and without books , you can read the past and gauge the future of China . It turns on one point . Who is to repair Peking , and all that Peking typifies ? In journeying ...
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... reasons . And , since the Times ' correspondent at Peking has been so much in the eye of the world during the year 1898 , since he has been , indeed , a considerable political force - since by the excellence and accuracy of his ...
... reasons . And , since the Times ' correspondent at Peking has been so much in the eye of the world during the year 1898 , since he has been , indeed , a considerable political force - since by the excellence and accuracy of his ...
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... reasons for that view , but there are reasons . Another interesting section of the foreign com- munity was typified 18 FROM PEKING TO PETERSBURG.
... reasons for that view , but there are reasons . Another interesting section of the foreign com- munity was typified 18 FROM PEKING TO PETERSBURG.
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