Siam in the Twentieth Century: Being the Experiences and Impressions of a British OfficialE. Arnold, 1902 - 332 pàgines |
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Pàgina v
... English readers , however , have probably derived much of their knowledge of Siam from Mr. Henry Norman's extremely vivid sketch of Siamese politics and persons in his " Far East , " which , though highly coloured , is generally ...
... English readers , however , have probably derived much of their knowledge of Siam from Mr. Henry Norman's extremely vivid sketch of Siamese politics and persons in his " Far East , " which , though highly coloured , is generally ...
Pàgina vi
... English Governess at the Siamese Court " ( published in 1870 ) , by Mrs. Leonowens , who taught the present king and his brothers and sisters as children . Her intimacy with the life of the Palace makes her book especially valuable ...
... English Governess at the Siamese Court " ( published in 1870 ) , by Mrs. Leonowens , who taught the present king and his brothers and sisters as children . Her intimacy with the life of the Palace makes her book especially valuable ...
Pàgina 43
... English company not long ago , with every prospect of success , and according to the British consular report of 1898 the mines were being energetically developed with Cornish miners , Scotch engineers , and an English manager . This ...
... English company not long ago , with every prospect of success , and according to the British consular report of 1898 the mines were being energetically developed with Cornish miners , Scotch engineers , and an English manager . This ...
Pàgina 44
... English company . The most important mining industry , however , is tin . This is chiefly confined to the Malay peninsula , and its geological continua- tion to the north . The tin industry is mostly in the hands of Chinese , and is ...
... English company . The most important mining industry , however , is tin . This is chiefly confined to the Malay peninsula , and its geological continua- tion to the north . The tin industry is mostly in the hands of Chinese , and is ...
Pàgina 77
... English equivalents to Siamese titles , as when , for example , a Phya is called a Marquis , but Siamese titles , being essentially official and not hereditary , correspond much more closely to our orders of knighthood than to inherited ...
... English equivalents to Siamese titles , as when , for example , a Phya is called a Marquis , but Siamese titles , being essentially official and not hereditary , correspond much more closely to our orders of knighthood than to inherited ...
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Siam in the Twentieth Century: Being the Experiences and Impressions of a ... John Gordon Drummond Campbell Visualització completa - 1904 |
Siam in the Twentieth Century: Being the Experiences and Impressions of a ... John Gordon Drummond Campbell Visualització completa - 1904 |
Siam in the Twentieth Century: Being the Experiences and Impressions of a ... John Gordon Drummond Campbell Visualització completa - 1902 |
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Pàgina 224 - Soles occidere et redire possunt: nobis cum semel occidit brevis lux, nox est perpetua una dormienda.
Pàgina 18 - Nelson, and the Naval Supremacy of England. By W. CLARK RUSSELL, author of "The Wreck of the Grosvenor,
Pàgina 22 - 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...
Pàgina 280 - The day will come, and perhaps is not far distant, when the European observer will look round to see the globe girdled with a continuous zone of the black and yellow races...
Pàgina 12 - Shakesperean Wars. I. Shakespeare as a Dramatic Artist. By Thomas R. Lounsbury, LL.D., LHD, Professor of English.
Pàgina 282 - Twenty millions or more of Boxers, armed, drilled, and disciplined, and animated by patriotic — if mistaken — motives will make residence in China impossible for foreigners ; will take -back from foreigners everything foreigners have taken from China ; will pay off old grudges with interest ; and will carry the Chinese flag and Chinese arms into many a place that even fancy will not suggest to-day, thus preparing for future upheavals and disasters never even dreamed of. In fifty years...
Pàgina 281 - South America, by that time predominantly Indian, and it may be African nations of the Congo and the Zambesi, under a dominant caste of foreign rulers, are represented by fleets in the European seas, invited to international conferences, and welcomed as allies in the quarrels of the civilized world.
Pàgina 88 - Cochin-China fashion, for his pleasure at sea and rivers of Siam ; and caused several articles of gold and silver, being vessels and various wares and weapons, to be made up by the Siamese and Malayan goldsmiths, for employ and dress for himself and his family, by his direction and skilful contrivance and ability.
Pàgina 211 - ... take no thought for the morrow, for the morrow will take thought for the things of itself, by which they so largely live.
Pàgina 12 - Studies in Evolution. Being mainly Reprints of Occasional Papers selected from the Publications of the Laboratory of Invertebrate Paleontology, Peabody Museum. By CHARLES EMERSON BEECHER, Ph.D., Professor of Historical Geology.