Siam in the Twentieth Century: Being the Experiences and Impressions of a British OfficialE. Arnold, 1902 - 332 pàgines |
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Pàgina 1
... tion still lingers , but is rapidly beginning to disappear before European and Western influences . It is a land of varied interests and one which may well appeal to the antiquarian or artist , or to the student of politics and society ...
... tion still lingers , but is rapidly beginning to disappear before European and Western influences . It is a land of varied interests and one which may well appeal to the antiquarian or artist , or to the student of politics and society ...
Pàgina 4
... to those who have tried to improve the condi- tion of an Oriental people . With all their vices , with all their ignorance and superstitions , and with all their sufferings , were they not happier , nay 4 SIAM IN THE XXTH CENTURY.
... to those who have tried to improve the condi- tion of an Oriental people . With all their vices , with all their ignorance and superstitions , and with all their sufferings , were they not happier , nay 4 SIAM IN THE XXTH CENTURY.
Pàgina 13
... tion , therefore , for the practical politician is to consider , taking the country as it now is , what are to be our relations with it in the immediate future . The problem is a complicated one . It is not merely that with which we ...
... tion , therefore , for the practical politician is to consider , taking the country as it now is , what are to be our relations with it in the immediate future . The problem is a complicated one . It is not merely that with which we ...
Pàgina 14
... tion of the country leave much to be desired , nor is any substantial improvement likely to take place under the present régime , so that , from whatever quarter the moving impulse may come , some change seems destined to take place ...
... tion of the country leave much to be desired , nor is any substantial improvement likely to take place under the present régime , so that , from whatever quarter the moving impulse may come , some change seems destined to take place ...
Pàgina 15
... tion and to the many reforms which have been introduced , while the analogy of Japan is generally brought forward by way of clinching the argument . Japan has now taken her place among the great Powers of the world , and it may perhaps ...
... tion and to the many reforms which have been introduced , while the analogy of Japan is generally brought forward by way of clinching the argument . Japan has now taken her place among the great Powers of the world , and it may perhaps ...
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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.