From Peking to PetersburgE. Arnold, 1899 - 300 pàgines |
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Pàgina 61
... station at the end of her great military railway . In the attainment of that aim it may be assumed that Russia will politically dominate Manchuria , which by a wall of railway she cuts off from China proper . The interest of Britain is ...
... station at the end of her great military railway . In the attainment of that aim it may be assumed that Russia will politically dominate Manchuria , which by a wall of railway she cuts off from China proper . The interest of Britain is ...
Pàgina 72
... station established at Kalgan . We stayed with Mr. Sprague , within the walls of the mission premises , and as guests at his table , for fully two days , and during these days we naturally talked much of mission work in China and ...
... station established at Kalgan . We stayed with Mr. Sprague , within the walls of the mission premises , and as guests at his table , for fully two days , and during these days we naturally talked much of mission work in China and ...
Pàgina 93
... 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 told us that although he had been fully ...
... 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 told us that although he had been fully ...
Pàgina 94
... station ( the line has recently been opened to Kalgan ) send- ing a message of complaint to the Tsung - li - Yamen of Peking . Then the aspect of affairs changed , and the document was promised for four o'clock , and was actually ready ...
... station ( the line has recently been opened to Kalgan ) send- ing a message of complaint to the Tsung - li - Yamen of Peking . Then the aspect of affairs changed , and the document was promised for four o'clock , and was actually ready ...
Pàgina 101
... station . Several times we had a tent of five apart- ments , or , otherwise , a series of five small tents connected . Often we had a tent of two apart- ments . Frequently the tent had but one room , in which the three of us were a bit ...
... station . Several times we had a tent of five apart- ments , or , otherwise , a series of five small tents connected . Often we had a tent of two apart- ments . Frequently the tent had but one room , in which the three of us were a bit ...
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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...