From Peking to PetersburgE. Arnold, 1899 - 300 pàgines |
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Pàgina 2
... speak , re - enclosing all the others . The chief effect of the walls nowadays is to impede the circulation of air . If these walls were destroyed , and part of their stonework were used to macadamize the roads , Peking might become the ...
... speak , re - enclosing all the others . The chief effect of the walls nowadays is to impede the circulation of air . If these walls were destroyed , and part of their stonework were used to macadamize the roads , Peking might become the ...
Pàgina 5
... speak of re- pairing , is beyond their ideas . The public buildings of Peking are characteristic of the Chinese Empire . The whole is falling to decay for lack of public spirit . The period of my visit , the latter half of August , is ...
... speak of re- pairing , is beyond their ideas . The public buildings of Peking are characteristic of the Chinese Empire . The whole is falling to decay for lack of public spirit . The period of my visit , the latter half of August , is ...
Pàgina 13
... speak , the seat of a village , even when I was in Peking , and yet there were expected to arrive after I had left Peking no less than nineteen young gentlemen who were to study Chinese , in order to qualify for posts in the British ...
... speak , the seat of a village , even when I was in Peking , and yet there were expected to arrive after I had left Peking no less than nineteen young gentlemen who were to study Chinese , in order to qualify for posts in the British ...
Pàgina 14
... speak in terms of praise , since he is one of those whom all men delight to honour . It may , however , be relevant to notice , as an impres- sion gathered from conversation in Peking , that Sir Robert tends to display that defect of ...
... speak in terms of praise , since he is one of those whom all men delight to honour . It may , however , be relevant to notice , as an impres- sion gathered from conversation in Peking , that Sir Robert tends to display that defect of ...
Pàgina 17
... speak for him . Nor did he buy his news . Assuming , as I think everyone assumed , that some of the Times ... Speaking , as one may say , in the fashion of a man whose feelings had been somewhat hurt - speaking most earnestly , and , as ...
... speak for him . Nor did he buy his news . Assuming , as I think everyone assumed , that some of the Times ... Speaking , as one may say , in the fashion of a man whose feelings had been somewhat hurt - speaking most earnestly , and , as ...
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