The Quarterly Review, Volume 171William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1890 |
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Page 122
... districts lose their mediæval and go back to their classical names . The Panathenaic festival has been brought to life , and Christian churches are demolished in order that the remains of pagan temples may be disinterred from their ...
... districts lose their mediæval and go back to their classical names . The Panathenaic festival has been brought to life , and Christian churches are demolished in order that the remains of pagan temples may be disinterred from their ...
Page 214
... district in this limited period , are merciless in the face of any opposi- tion on the part of the people . Held responsible for results , and at a distance which takes months for a despatch to the Central Government to cover , the ...
... district in this limited period , are merciless in the face of any opposi- tion on the part of the people . Held responsible for results , and at a distance which takes months for a despatch to the Central Government to cover , the ...
Page 216
... district , to seek shelter from the soldiery , and a few years after the termination of the struggle the gap in the population is filled up . In Yunnan , however , the war lasted for eighteen years , many towns were taken and retaken ...
... district , to seek shelter from the soldiery , and a few years after the termination of the struggle the gap in the population is filled up . In Yunnan , however , the war lasted for eighteen years , many towns were taken and retaken ...
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... district of Ya - chow supplies Thibet with the greater part of its brick tea , the quantity sent by the road of Ta - chien lu being valued at about 200,000l . annually . Another most inte- resting produce of these parts , and which has ...
... district of Ya - chow supplies Thibet with the greater part of its brick tea , the quantity sent by the road of Ta - chien lu being valued at about 200,000l . annually . Another most inte- resting produce of these parts , and which has ...
Page 224
... district in which it is produced . Any salt sold in another district is regarded as smuggled and liable to be seized . The salt must be sold at a price fixed by the State , which for this purpose has in each district great centres of ...
... district in which it is produced . Any salt sold in another district is regarded as smuggled and liable to be seized . The salt must be sold at a price fixed by the State , which for this purpose has in each district great centres of ...
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