The Canton Chinese: Or, The American's Sojourn in the Celestial EmpireJ. Munroe, 1849 - 271 Seiten |
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Seite 101 - in the heavens above or on the earth beneath, or in the waters under the earth,
Seite 170 - thrice to thine and thrice to mine, and thrice again to make up nine.
Seite 163 - the eye can reach over leagues of green culture, and on barren crags by the salt sea; in the labyrinthine palace of the monarch, and in the hut of the beggar; in the tenements of the living, and by the tombs of the dead, appear the silent but everlasting signs of adoration.
Seite 153 - on deck, the opium examined, and paid for in the unalloyed metal, the schroff turns over every piece, and hammers into it with an iron spike, and having thoroughly tested and valued it, the bargain is made, the opium sent over the ship's side, and the vessel proceeds on her errand.
Seite 25 - And all these boats, miles upon miles, from border to border, are densely packed with human beings in every stage of life, in almost every occupation that exists upon the shore that they seldom trespass on; and there they are born, and earn their scanty bread, and there they die. The boats are moored side by side in
Seite 160 - his home a palace, and he revels in the pleasures he has read of and believed to be fiction. Music sounds through
Seite 106 - active men. They have also good heads, and measuring the length, breadth, and height of the hold, calculate pretty accurately how many chests the ship will carry, and the number of small boxes to be squeezed into narrow places. When the hold is full, the hatch is fastened down and caulked, as exposure to the salt air injures the teas. The
Seite 163 - They are manufactured so cheaply, that a handful may be had without asking, and a heavy load for a few cents, yet so vast is the consumption, that millions upon millions of dollars are expended annually for their purchase. Throughout the length and breadth of the vast empire ; through cities and villages; in enormous temples, and solitary roadside shrines ; in districts
Seite 25 - cover many acres of their element. Now by the enchantment of imagination convert the pond into the roaring Pekiang river, the swan into boats of every shape and size, the notes of the birds into the yells, the
Seite 25 - quarter, above the foreign factories, they form vast squares and avenues. Forty thousand floating tenements would, under any circumstances, be considered a singular sight, but here the swarming occupants give them the appearance of a mighty metropolis.