Sketches in and Around Shanghai Etc"These 'Sketches' ... have for the most part appeared at irregular intervals in the Shanghai mercury."--Introduction (signed J.D. Clark) |
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... - know so well how to bring into effect these combinations . This forms at once their strength and their weakness , their strength , as practically giving them the command when divergent interests come into play ; and their.
... - know so well how to bring into effect these combinations . This forms at once their strength and their weakness , their strength , as practically giving them the command when divergent interests come into play ; and their.
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... once floated proudly in Chinese waters , has now practically deserted them . Great Britain , that stormed in 1842 , now takes a second place . No one then talked of steam - boats or railways , or electric telegraphs or lights . They are ...
... once floated proudly in Chinese waters , has now practically deserted them . Great Britain , that stormed in 1842 , now takes a second place . No one then talked of steam - boats or railways , or electric telegraphs or lights . They are ...
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... once were bright in colour , but now are sadly in need of a wash . Above the clocks , mirror , and ornamented panels , there are four pictures , the only native " works of art " about the stage , - they are not very large pieces , each ...
... once were bright in colour , but now are sadly in need of a wash . Above the clocks , mirror , and ornamented panels , there are four pictures , the only native " works of art " about the stage , - they are not very large pieces , each ...
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J. D. Clark. once said he did not know whether he could play the violin , because he had never tried ; but we think anyone could play as well on a Chinese fiddle the first time he tried as the bandsmen of the theatre did ; an amateur ...
J. D. Clark. once said he did not know whether he could play the violin , because he had never tried ; but we think anyone could play as well on a Chinese fiddle the first time he tried as the bandsmen of the theatre did ; an amateur ...
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... once more thrown up for the ghostly judge . The thief performs the kotow before him , and a few words from the judge are all that are necessary for the trial and condemnation of the accused . The sentence this time is flogging , and a ...
... once more thrown up for the ghostly judge . The thief performs the kotow before him , and a few words from the judge are all that are necessary for the trial and condemnation of the accused . The sentence this time is flogging , and a ...
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acid amahs amongst appearance Assessor bamboo birds blue cotton boat brick bridge building called cash Celestial chain-gang Chên China Chinaman Chinkiang chow chow colour 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 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 pidgin piece poles police port prisoners raft range ricsha right bank river rock roof round runners sedan chair seen Shanghai shouting side signboard smoke 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.
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Page 160 - When the devil was sick the devil a saint would be " When the devil was well the devil a saint was he...
Page 155 - 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 155 - 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 37 - Why they had not looked after this in daylight, does not appear from the legend; that difficulty is ignored for the sake of the story. The Emperor was so much pleased by the wonderful appearance of the Moon at what the legend...
Page 37 - Another peculiar custom still in vogue has its origin in the story of this emperor's foragirig-party, namely, that it is still the custom in China that any one can go to the fields or. to the houses of the farmers on this particular night, and take whatever he pleases, in the way of grain, vegetables, or food of any kind, without let or hindrance. The foragers of Ming-Tai-Tso's army, on that eventful night, discovered a peculiar root, which on trial, after cooking, was discovered to be good for food,...
Page 52 - Behind is dragged a wondrous load ; Beneath what monster groans the road? The horrid jaws — the crocodile, The shape the mightier dragon, shows — From man to monster all the while — The alternate wonder glancing goes. Shout thousands, with a single voice,