Siam in the Twentieth Century: Being the Experiences and Impressions of a British OfficialE. Arnold, 1902 - 332 pàgines |
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Pàgina 9
... chief Indo - Chinese peoples to one another , and how far their origin can be traced to a common Mongolian stock are questions of consider- able interest , and in spite of the devoted labours of one or two individuals , not much light ...
... chief Indo - Chinese peoples to one another , and how far their origin can be traced to a common Mongolian stock are questions of consider- able interest , and in spite of the devoted labours of one or two individuals , not much light ...
Pàgina 19
... chief town , Saigon , is situated on a smaller river a little to the east of it . Owing to the rough and mountainous character of the narrow strip of country between the lower Mekong and the China Sea , there is no room for other rivers ...
... chief town , Saigon , is situated on a smaller river a little to the east of it . Owing to the rough and mountainous character of the narrow strip of country between the lower Mekong and the China Sea , there is no room for other rivers ...
Pàgina 20
... chief centres of population . This consideration alone would make this river system of great interest , even if Indo - China were an isolated region , and had no connexion with other parts of the world . But valuable and much coveted as ...
... chief centres of population . This consideration alone would make this river system of great interest , even if Indo - China were an isolated region , and had no connexion with other parts of the world . But valuable and much coveted as ...
Pàgina 23
... chief value as a channel of communication ceases . The French themselves recognised this at the time , and one of the results of their discovery was their attempt to obtain a new trade route in Tongking to the northern Laos and Yunnan ...
... chief value as a channel of communication ceases . The French themselves recognised this at the time , and one of the results of their discovery was their attempt to obtain a new trade route in Tongking to the northern Laos and Yunnan ...
Pàgina 25
... chief product of the country . The paddy is brought by water to Bangkok , as a rule , any time between January and July , according to prices and the requirements of the markets . At Bangkok it is received in the rice mills , by far the ...
... chief product of the country . The paddy is brought by water to Bangkok , as a rule , any time between January and July , according to prices and the requirements of the markets . At Bangkok it is received in the rice mills , by far the ...
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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 |
Frases i termes més freqüents
Annam Author Ayuthia Bangkok boys British Buddha Buddhism Burmah Burmese C. R. ASHBEE Cambodian century ceremonies character chief Chiengmai China Chinaman Chinese Christ Christianity civilisation classes cloth Cochin China coloured commerce considerable Demy 8vo doubt East Edition elephant England English Essex House ethical Europe European existence extent foreign France French Fully Illustrated future Gulf of Siam hand Henri d'Orleans important India Indo-China influence interest king labour land Laos less Lord Lord Rosebery Lord Salisbury Luang Prabang Malay Peninsula Mekong Menam ment Minister missionaries moral nations native nature nobles Oriental perhaps Ph.D political Portrait position possible practically present probably Professor provinces question race railway realise reforms regards religion religious river schools seems Shan Siam Siamese Siamese Government Singapore social spirit temple territory tion Tongking trade tropical wats Western whole Yunnan
Passatges populars
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.