Life in AsiaSilver Burdett, 1897 - 328 pages |
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... TO PEKING XVI . THE SUNRISE KINGDOM . XVII . FROM YOKOHAMA TO TOKIO · 170 181 • 191 XVIII . ON THE TOKAIDO • 204 XIX . OLD CITIES OF JAPAN XX . THROUGH NORTHERN JAPAN . 7 211 228 CHAPTER XXI . THE HERMIT KINGDOM . XXII . THE.
... TO PEKING XVI . THE SUNRISE KINGDOM . XVII . FROM YOKOHAMA TO TOKIO · 170 181 • 191 XVIII . ON THE TOKAIDO • 204 XIX . OLD CITIES OF JAPAN XX . THROUGH NORTHERN JAPAN . 7 211 228 CHAPTER XXI . THE HERMIT KINGDOM . XXII . THE.
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... northern shores lie within the frigid zone , while its southern peninsulas reach far into the tropics . It joins Europe on the west , and stretches thousands of miles eastward to the Pacific Ocean . It is about four times as large as ...
... northern shores lie within the frigid zone , while its southern peninsulas reach far into the tropics . It joins Europe on the west , and stretches thousands of miles eastward to the Pacific Ocean . It is about four times as large as ...
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... northern coast , thousands of miles in extent , is locked in ice . nearly the entire year . We have noticed the great size of Asia . It is not only the largest of the continents , it is also the highest . Across the central part , from ...
... northern coast , thousands of miles in extent , is locked in ice . nearly the entire year . We have noticed the great size of Asia . It is not only the largest of the continents , it is also the highest . Across the central part , from ...
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... northern land cold and barren . The climate This is the South of the Himalayas all is changed . is hot , and there is an abundance of rain . most fertile part of all Asia . The land is richly pro- ductive and in many sections highly ...
... northern land cold and barren . The climate This is the South of the Himalayas all is changed . is hot , and there is an abundance of rain . most fertile part of all Asia . The land is richly pro- ductive and in many sections highly ...
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... northern part of this great Indian peninsula are , as we already know , the Himalayan mountains . The word " Himalaya " means " The Abode of Snow , " and well do these grand mountains merit the name , for their lofty heights are always ...
... northern part of this great Indian peninsula are , as we already know , the Himalayan mountains . The word " Himalaya " means " The Abode of Snow , " and well do these grand mountains merit the name , for their lofty heights are always ...
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ancient animal Arabs Asia bamboo bazaars beautiful Benares boats Bombay Brahmin buildings built Calcutta called camels canals Canton capital caravan caste Cawnpore Ceylon China Chinaman Chinese coast cocoa palms covered crowded curious customs Delhi desert dress East elephant emperor empire English enter famous feet fertile flowers foreign Ganges gardens Gate gold harbor Himalayas Hindu houses Hung Chang important India interesting island Japan Japanese jinrikisha journey Jumna River Kioto land large number Li Hung Chang Lucknow magnificent marble Mogul Mohammedan mosques mountains nations native northern palace Parsees pass Peking peninsula Persia plains port priests Punjab railroad rice rich river road sacred seen Shanghai shops shores Siam Siberia side sight silk soon southern steamers story strange streets surrounded Taj Mahal temples thousand Tibet Tientsin Tokio town trade travelers trees vast villages walls whole worship Yokohama
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Page 311 - BY Nebo's lonely mountain, On this side Jordan's wave, In a vale in the land of Moab There lies a lonely grave. And no man knows that sepulchre, And no man saw it e'er, For the angels of God upturned the sod, And laid the dead man there.
Page 289 - And he looked, and behold, a well in the field, and lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it ; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well's mouth.
Page 109 - Hark cannonade, fusillade! is it true what was told by the scout, Outram and Havelock breaking their way through the fell mutineers? Surely the pibroch of Europe is ringing again in our ears! All on a sudden the garrison utter a jubilant shout, Havelock's glorious Highlanders answer with conquering cheers...
Page 33 - What does the good ship bear so well? The cocoa-nut with its stony shell, And the milky sap of its inner cell. What are its jars, so smooth and fine, But hollowed nuts, filled with oil and wine, And the cabbage that ripens under the Line? Who smokes his nargileh, cool and calm? The master, whose cunning and skill could charm Cargo and ship from the bounteous palm.
Page 89 - Asia. It was commonly believed that half a million of human beings was crowded into that labyrinth of lofty alleys rich with shrines, and minarets, and balconies, and carved oriels, to which the sacred apes clung by hundreds. The traveller could...
Page 89 - It was commonly believed that half a million of human beings was crowded into that labyrinth of lofty alleys, rich with shrines and minarets and balconies and carved oriels, to which the sacred apes clung by hundreds. The traveller could scarcely make his way through the press of holy mendicants and not less holy bulls. The broad and stately flights of steps which descended from these swarming haunts to the bathing-places along the Ganges were worn every day by the footsteps of an innumerable multitude...
Page 90 - ... pilgrims as religion. All along the shores of the venerable stream lay great fleets of vessels laden with rich merchandise. From the looms of Benares went forth the most delicate silks that adorned the balls of St. James's and of Versailles, and in the bazaars the muslins of Bengal and the sabres of Oude were mingled with the jewels of Golconda and the shawls of Cashmere.
Page 267 - Now, upon SYRIA'S land of roses * Softly the light of Eve reposes, And, like a glory, the broad sun Hangs over sainted LEBANON, Whose head in wintry grandeur towers, And whitens with eternal sleet, While summer, in a vale of flowers, Is sleeping rosy at his feet.
Page 86 - After which, one of the men, taking a large earthen vessel, with a capacious mouth, filled it with water, and turned it upside down, when all the water flowed out ; but the moment it was placed with the mouth upwards, it always became full. He then emptied it, allowing any one to inspect it who chose. This being done, he desired that one of the party would fill it ; his request was obeyed ; still, when he reversed the jar, not a...
Page 137 - Two thirds the way from the base stand four white elephants, made of shining porcelain, facing one each way toward four points of the compass. From the rounded summit rises, like a needle, a sharp spire. This was the temple tower; and all over the magnificent pile, from the tip of the highest needle to the base, from every prominent angle and projection, there were hanging sweet-toned bells, with little gilded fans attached to their tongues, so swinging that they were vocal in the slightest breeze.