From Peking to PetersburgE. Arnold, 1899 - 300 pàgines |
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... My wand'ring feet to thee . And though the world be fair and wide , Yet home and love are sweet ; I wrote this story by thy side , I lay it at thy feet . 79507 رية PREFACE . THE record of this journey through Asia 157.
... My wand'ring feet to thee . And though the world be fair and wide , Yet home and love are sweet ; I wrote this story by thy side , I lay it at thy feet . 79507 رية PREFACE . THE record of this journey through Asia 157.
Pàgina 30
... side is occupied by several rooms for guests . At one end of each room , filling about a third of the space , is a matted daïs , raised about two feet high . Built under the daïs is a fireplace of brick . On the daïs is a small table ...
... side is occupied by several rooms for guests . At one end of each room , filling about a third of the space , is a matted daïs , raised about two feet high . Built under the daïs is a fireplace of brick . On the daïs is a small table ...
Pàgina 35
... side of the range we lost the mountain wind , nor did we recover again until , after traversing another valley , we ascended again to Kalgan , which stands about 2,500 feet high , but which is itself about 2,500 feet below the Mongolian ...
... side of the range we lost the mountain wind , nor did we recover again until , after traversing another valley , we ascended again to Kalgan , which stands about 2,500 feet high , but which is itself about 2,500 feet below the Mongolian ...
Pàgina 37
... thousands of mules , donkeys , horses , and camels . At one place ( Chi - ming - i ) there are coal- mines , and for twenty or thirty miles on either side of it we met or passed hundreds of donkeys daily TO THE OUTER WALL 37.
... thousands of mules , donkeys , horses , and camels . At one place ( Chi - ming - i ) there are coal- mines , and for twenty or thirty miles on either side of it we met or passed hundreds of donkeys daily TO THE OUTER WALL 37.
Pàgina 68
... side of the ferry is impossible , and that it is impracticable , at any reasonable expenditure , to tap from Burmah the south - west of China . These vague fears have delayed the proper and thorough examination of the route , but such ...
... side of the ferry is impossible , and that it is impracticable , at any reasonable expenditure , to tap from Burmah the south - west of China . These vague fears have delayed the proper and thorough examination of the route , but such ...
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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...