Points and pickings of information about China and the Chinese, by the author of 'Soldiers and sailors'.1844 |
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... whole Empire goes in Mourning . - Kea - king's Will . Page 64 CHAPTER IX . The Opium War . - Different Opinions respecting it . The less of Opium and War the better . - Amount of Tea and other Articles bought of the Chinese in a Year ...
... whole Empire goes in Mourning . - Kea - king's Will . Page 64 CHAPTER IX . The Opium War . - Different Opinions respecting it . The less of Opium and War the better . - Amount of Tea and other Articles bought of the Chinese in a Year ...
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... whole of a good thing , it is well if we can secure its better parts . Now China is too long , too wide , too crowded with people , too strange , too full of curiosities , too everything to be B 2 THE TITLE - WHY CHOSEN . brought into a.
... whole of a good thing , it is well if we can secure its better parts . Now China is too long , too wide , too crowded with people , too strange , too full of curiosities , too everything to be B 2 THE TITLE - WHY CHOSEN . brought into a.
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... whole empire of China , or that portion of the globe over which the Emperor of China rules , occupies , by common report , a space of five mil- lions of square miles ; and when I tell you , that China Proper alone comprises more than ...
... whole empire of China , or that portion of the globe over which the Emperor of China rules , occupies , by common report , a space of five mil- lions of square miles ; and when I tell you , that China Proper alone comprises more than ...
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... good taste , and a good knowledge of China , to say nothing of his being a man of energy and enterprise , and the owner of the best Collection of Chinese Curiosities in the whole world . CHAPTER II . A RAPID RUN TO CHINA . Set.
... good taste , and a good knowledge of China , to say nothing of his being a man of energy and enterprise , and the owner of the best Collection of Chinese Curiosities in the whole world . CHAPTER II . A RAPID RUN TO CHINA . Set.
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... whole library exposed for sale . A blacksmith , hard at work at his travelling smithy . A money - changer , with his table , coins , and steel - yard . An auctioneer , clamorously setting forth the merits of his fans , tobacco - pipe ...
... whole library exposed for sale . A blacksmith , hard at work at his travelling smithy . A money - changer , with his table , coins , and steel - yard . An auctioneer , clamorously setting forth the merits of his fans , tobacco - pipe ...
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