The Middle Kingdom: A Survey of the ... Chinese Empire and Its Inhabitants : with a New Map of the Empire, and Illustrations, Nide 1Wiley and Putam, 1848 - 614 sivua |
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Sivu 22
... cultivated country beyond them . This bleak appearance is in many places caused by the rains washing the decomposed soil off the surface , the rock being granite or disin- tegrated feldspar and quartz with little adhesion , so that the ...
... cultivated country beyond them . This bleak appearance is in many places caused by the rains washing the decomposed soil off the surface , the rock being granite or disin- tegrated feldspar and quartz with little adhesion , so that the ...
Sivu 32
... cultivation of the banks , and the lively aspect the multitude of boats gives to the canal . The channel between the two great rivers was made in the seventh century by princes of the Tang dynasty ; that from Lintsing chau , or the Yu ...
... cultivation of the banks , and the lively aspect the multitude of boats gives to the canal . The channel between the two great rivers was made in the seventh century by princes of the Tang dynasty ; that from Lintsing chau , or the Yu ...
Sivu 34
... cultivated plain appear like a vast garden , in which the plats seem to be mere beds . The greatest sameness exists in all the cities . A stone wall incloses all towns of any size , and the suburbs are not unfre- quently larger than ...
... cultivated plain appear like a vast garden , in which the plats seem to be mere beds . The greatest sameness exists in all the cities . A stone wall incloses all towns of any size , and the suburbs are not unfre- quently larger than ...
Sivu 35
... cultivation sometimes renders the acclivities of hills beautiful in the highest degree , but it does not often impart a distinguishing feature to the landscape . A lofty solitary pagoda , an extensive temple shaded by trees in the open ...
... cultivation sometimes renders the acclivities of hills beautiful in the highest degree , but it does not often impart a distinguishing feature to the landscape . A lofty solitary pagoda , an extensive temple shaded by trees in the open ...
Sivu 66
... cultivated precincts of a palace , or to form a rural path- way to a retired summer - house . Barrow says there are no less than thirty distinct places of residence for the emperor or his minis- ters within this park , around which are ...
... cultivated precincts of a palace , or to form a rural path- way to a retired summer - house . Barrow says there are no less than thirty distinct places of residence for the emperor or his minis- ters within this park , around which are ...
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ancient animals beautiful Board called canal Canton capital character Chau Chihlí China Chinese language Chinese Repository Chusan archipelago circuit coast common Confucius contains court cultivated degree district duties dynasty east eastern emperor empire examination extensive feet foreign four Fuhkien gate heaven hills honor houses hundred Hupeh Ílí imperial inhabitants island Kansuh Kashgar kiang Kiangsí Kienlung Kwangtung lake land language largest learning ling literary living Macao magistrates majesty Manchuria Manchus Mencius ment miles military mode Mongolia Mongols mountains native nearly Ningpo officers palace Peking persons plain population present prince principles province punishment rank region residence shan Shensí side sound southern species square miles streams Sz'chuen taels Tang dynasty temples Tibet tion town trade trees tribes troops Tsitsihar villages walls western whole words writing Yangtsz Yarkand Yellow river Yunnan