Siam in the Twentieth Century: Being the Experiences and Impressions of a British OfficialE. Arnold, 1902 - 332 pàgines |
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Pàgina 47
... live , and the climate of which is therefore of special interest to them , the cool weather is of short duration . It commences with the blowing of the north - east monsoon early in November , and continues off and on until the middle ...
... live , and the climate of which is therefore of special interest to them , the cool weather is of short duration . It commences with the blowing of the north - east monsoon early in November , and continues off and on until the middle ...
Pàgina 52
... live on them and rarely , if ever , visit them . It is in Bangkok alone that is to be found not only the court , but all the aristocracy of Siam , and the very small element there is of a middle class - every one indeed , save the ...
... live on them and rarely , if ever , visit them . It is in Bangkok alone that is to be found not only the court , but all the aristocracy of Siam , and the very small element there is of a middle class - every one indeed , save the ...
Pàgina 54
... live in floating houses . The shops and bazaars open on to the waterways , and boats supply far the easiest and most popular means of communication . On the land the most picturesque objects are the wats or temples . Whatever may be ...
... live in floating houses . The shops and bazaars open on to the waterways , and boats supply far the easiest and most popular means of communication . On the land the most picturesque objects are the wats or temples . Whatever may be ...
Pàgina 78
... live in Bangkok . There are no great country houses or castles , and so there has never been anything resembling the feudal power of the great European nobles . Slavery in Siam , though it has frequently been confused with the so ...
... live in Bangkok . There are no great country houses or castles , and so there has never been anything resembling the feudal power of the great European nobles . Slavery in Siam , though it has frequently been confused with the so ...
Pàgina 109
... live long to gratify his tormentors , death having put an end to his suffer- ings . His body was taken and hung in chains on the bank of the river , about two or three miles below Bangkok . " Such a piece of cruelty is in our day quite ...
... live long to gratify his tormentors , death having put an end to his suffer- ings . His body was taken and hung in chains on the bank of the river , about two or three miles below Bangkok . " Such a piece of cruelty is in our day quite ...
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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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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
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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.