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 209
... port in their neighbourhood takes away business from many of the old - established firms at the existing ports , and ... treaty port ' ; yet much of the produce , that formerly came to the old port , may now find its way to the new ...
... port in their neighbourhood takes away business from many of the old - established firms at the existing ports , and ... treaty port ' ; yet much of the produce , that formerly came to the old port , may now find its way to the new ...
Page 220
... treaty ports always excepted ) gas and electric lighting are unknown . The Chinese dips , ' with their clumsy rush wicks , give little light , but they have one virtue , that they will burn in the open air without guttering , and it ...
... treaty ports always excepted ) gas and electric lighting are unknown . The Chinese dips , ' with their clumsy rush wicks , give little light , but they have one virtue , that they will burn in the open air without guttering , and it ...
Page 228
... treaty ports already open in China . No one who has not visited them on the spot , and travelled in the interior as well , can know what the full meaning of the magic words ' open port ' really is . The open ports are oases of light and ...
... treaty ports already open in China . No one who has not visited them on the spot , and travelled in the interior as well , can know what the full meaning of the magic words ' open port ' really is . The open ports are oases of light and ...
Page 230
... treaty ports , from China uncontamin- ated by our presence , in all that makes up the movement , intellectual and material , of our modern progressive civilization . The Electric Telegraph was forced upon the Chinese by the acutely felt ...
... treaty ports , from China uncontamin- ated by our presence , in all that makes up the movement , intellectual and material , of our modern progressive civilization . The Electric Telegraph was forced upon the Chinese by the acutely felt ...
Page 232
... treaty ports a marked , though very slow , advance in the direction of order and cleanliness is distinctly noticeable . Streets have been repaved , and the black slush underlying the broad stone slabs , which has a peculiarity of ...
... treaty ports a marked , though very slow , advance in the direction of order and cleanliness is distinctly noticeable . Streets have been repaved , and the black slush underlying the broad stone slabs , which has a peculiarity of ...
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