Round the World in 1870: An Account of a Brief Tour Made Through India, China, Japan, California, and South AmericaH. S. King & Company, 1872 - 408 sider |
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... port ; occasionally we hear the thud ' of some more violent wave against the vessel's bows , followed by a singing noise as the water pours over the decks then the piping of the boatswain , the half- hourly bells , or the distressing ...
... port ; occasionally we hear the thud ' of some more violent wave against the vessel's bows , followed by a singing noise as the water pours over the decks then the piping of the boatswain , the half- hourly bells , or the distressing ...
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... port in the world , and include everything that Asia sells to Europe , that Europe sells to Asia , and that the different nations of Asia barter with each other . One of the most interesting sights in or near Singapore is the garden of ...
... port in the world , and include everything that Asia sells to Europe , that Europe sells to Asia , and that the different nations of Asia barter with each other . One of the most interesting sights in or near Singapore is the garden of ...
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... port the system of the trade is so bad that it was inter- dicted at Hongkong some years ago ; and even the Peruvian Government have the question of its stoppage under consideration . Between ten and twelve thousand of these coolies are ...
... port the system of the trade is so bad that it was inter- dicted at Hongkong some years ago ; and even the Peruvian Government have the question of its stoppage under consideration . Between ten and twelve thousand of these coolies are ...
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... ports on the Yang - tse - Keang were opened , much of the foreign trade , which formerly came overland from the interior provinces to Canton , has been diverted to them ; and con- sequently the trade of Canton has decreased , nor is the ...
... ports on the Yang - tse - Keang were opened , much of the foreign trade , which formerly came overland from the interior provinces to Canton , has been diverted to them ; and con- sequently the trade of Canton has decreased , nor is the ...
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... port and Shang- hae . Four full days are occupied in running the 900 miles which separate the two principal Anglo - Chinese ports . Throughout the voyage we are at no great distance from the coast , but fogs continually prevent our ...
... port and Shang- hae . Four full days are occupied in running the 900 miles which separate the two principal Anglo - Chinese ports . Throughout the voyage we are at no great distance from the coast , but fogs continually prevent our ...
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Banda Oriental bank beautiful broad Buenos Ayres buildings Calcutta Callao Canton Cape Pillar Cawnpore China Chinese coast colour coolies Cordova course distance English estancia European feet flat foot foreign garden gauchos gharry green half handsome Hankow harbour height hills Himalayas Hongkong horses houses hundred island Japan Japanese kind Kobé land leave look Lucknow mid-day miles Monte Video morning mountains Mussoorie native nearly neighbouring night Ningpo Osaca palkees Pampas pass Penang picturesque plain port Punta Arenas quarter railway reach ride ridge rise river road rock round running San Francisco scarcely scene seems Shanghae sheep Shogun shops side Sierra sight slopes stands steamer stone Strait stream streets summit surrounded tea-houses temple Tocaido town traveller trees Uruguay valley Valparaiso vessel village voyage walk walls wind wood yards Yedo Yokohama
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Side 207 - When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening
Side 13 - Stood on my feet. About me round I saw Hill, dale, and shady woods, and sunny plains, And liquid lapse of murmuring streams ; by these, Creatures that lived and moved, and walk'd or flew, Birds on the branches warbling ; all things smiled ; With fragrance and with joy my heart o'erflowed.
Side 89 - Or other worlds they seem'd, or happy isles, Like those Hesperian gardens fam'd of old, Fortunate fields, and groves, and flowery vales, Thrice happy isles...
Side 176 - O wad some power the giftie gie us, To see oursels as others see us!
Side 151 - It is said of man morally, that the whole head is sick and the whole heart is faint — that from the crown of the head to the sole of the foot, there is no soundness in him.
Side 275 - But here, — above, around, below, On mountain or in glen, Nor tree, nor shrub, nor plant, nor flower, Nor aught of vegetative power, The weary eye may ken.
Side 51 - Here lies Henry Lawrence, who tried to do his duty. May the Lord have mercy on his soul.
Side 231 - Access denied ; and over-head up-grew Insuperable height of loftiest shade, Cedar, and pine, and fir, and branching palm, A sylvan scene ; and, as the ranks ascend Shade above shade, a woody theatre Of stateliest view.
Side 117 - Former customers have inspired caution, — no credit given." "A small stream always flowing."