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... nearly two centuries old . Amidst troubles , it is true , rebellions and changes of dynasty , the Empire , founded by the great Tsin Shi Hwangti , still survives , with its essential principles unchanged . There is no interval in China ...
... nearly two centuries old . Amidst troubles , it is true , rebellions and changes of dynasty , the Empire , founded by the great Tsin Shi Hwangti , still survives , with its essential principles unchanged . There is no interval in China ...
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... nearly all day , and from seven o'clock in the evening till midnight , and during all the performances , especially in the evening , the houses are crowded . Some of the theatres employ about 125 actors , all males , and the principal ...
... nearly all day , and from seven o'clock in the evening till midnight , and during all the performances , especially in the evening , the houses are crowded . Some of the theatres employ about 125 actors , all males , and the principal ...
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... nearly so old as the bridge . This Tea House is a fair specimen of Chinese architecture , but only on a small scale ; it covers a very limited area , and rises to the height of two storeys , surmounted by a highly ornamental roof ; in ...
... nearly so old as the bridge . This Tea House is a fair specimen of Chinese architecture , but only on a small scale ; it covers a very limited area , and rises to the height of two storeys , surmounted by a highly ornamental roof ; in ...
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... nearly all occupied , and the old man walked backward and forward beating his gong , but there was nothing to be seen which could give the slightest indication of what was going to come off ; a small boy tried to trade amongst the ...
... nearly all occupied , and the old man walked backward and forward beating his gong , but there was nothing to be seen which could give the slightest indication of what was going to come off ; a small boy tried to trade amongst the ...
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... nearly exhausted in the cash , which he placed on these pieces of paper to keep them from blowing away ; but in one corner -- the one nearest him of course -he had piled a few cash , probably the proceeds of the sale of his literature ...
... nearly exhausted in the cash , which he placed on these pieces of paper to keep them from blowing away ; but in one corner -- the one nearest him of course -he had piled a few cash , probably the proceeds of the sale of his literature ...
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acid amahs amongst appearance Assessor bamboo birds boat brick bridge building called carried cash Celestial chain-gang chair Chên China Chinaman Chinese Chinkiang chow chow compositors corner covered creek crowd curious English feet fellow flags Foochow Road Foreign Settlements four front gambling Gate gong hand Hankow head heathen Chinee hills Hongkew houses huge hundred inside jinricsha coolie junks Kiukiang Langshan large number look Magistrate mandarins miles Mixed Court Nanking native night opium Oriental Telephone Company ornamental pagoda painted passed passengers Peking pidgin piece poles police port prisoners raft range right bank river rock roof round runners sedan chair seen Shanghai shouting side signboard specimens stand station steamer stick street tablets Taotai Temple thing treaty port trees umbrella vehicle walk wall wheelbarrow wooden Woosung Road Wuhu yamên YANG-TSZE-KIANG Yangtze
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Page 63 - Not in vain the distance beacons. Forward, forward let us range, Let the great world spin for ever down the ringing grooves of change.
Page 4 - By and by we hear news of shipwreck in the same place, and then we are to blame if we accept it not for a rock. Upon the back of that comes out a hideous monster with fire and smoke, and then the miserable beholders are bound to take it for a cave.
Page 4 - By and by, we hear news of shipwreck in the same place, and then we are to blame if we accept it not for a rock. Upon the back of that comes out a hideous monster, with fire and smoke, and then the miserable beholders arc bound to take it for a cave. While, in the mean time, two armies fly in, represented with four swords and bucklers, and then what hard heart will not receive it for a pitched field ? Now, of time they are much more liberal, for ordinary it is that two young princes fall in love.
Page 164 - When the devil was sick the devil a saint would be " When the devil was well the devil a saint was he...
Page 159 - Yang-tz', nearly a mile in •width ; from the west, and skirting the northern edge of the range of hills already mentioned, comes the river Han, narrow and canal-like, to add its quota, and serving as one of the highways of the country ; and to the northwest and north is an extensive treeless flat, so little elevated above the river that the scattered hamlets which dot its surface are without exception raised on mounds, probably artificial •works of a now distant age. A stream or two traverse...
Page 159 - Hanyang, a spectator looks down on almost as much water as land even when the rivers are low. At his feet sweeps the magnificent Yangtsze, nearly a mile in width ; from the west, and skirting the northern edge of the range of hills already mentioned, comes the river Han, narrow and canal-like, to add...
Page 136 - And I assure you this river flows so far and traverses so many countries and cities that in good sooth there pass and repass on its waters a great number of vessels, and more wealth and merchandize than on all the rivers and all the seas- of Christendom put together!
Page 136 - And you must know that this city stands on the greatest river in the world, the name of which is KIAN. It is in some places ten miles wide, in others eight, in others six, and it is more than 100 days' journey in length from one end to the other.
Page 136 - Boundless is the Ocean, bottomless the Kiang ! " NOTE 3. — " The assertion that there is a greater amount of tonnage belonging to the Chinese than to all other nations combined, does not appear overcharged to those who have seen the swarms of boats on their rivers, though it might not be found strictly true.