ChinaDoubleday, Page, 1923 - 306 עמודים |
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עמוד 167 - The inundating waters seemed to assail the heavens and in their vast extent embraced the mountains and overtopped the hills so that the people were bewildered and overwhelmed.
עמוד 214 - When a son is born — in a lordly bed Wrap him in raiment of purple and red; Jewels and gold for playthings bring, For the noble boy who shall serve the King. 'When a girl is born — in coarse cloth wound, With a tile for a toy, let her lie on the ground, In her bread and her beer be her praise or her blame, And let her not sully her parent's good name.
עמוד 96 - Forty canals across the United States from east to west and sixty from north to south would not equal in number of miles those in these three countries today. Indeed, it is probable that this estimate is not too large for China alone. 13 Karl Wittfogel was led by this feature to term the society of mainland Asia "hydraulic society.
עמוד 92 - RITCHIE. Mr. McMiLLAN. Now I want to talk about DeGray Dam from the standpoint of its effect on the area. In the first place, it is the third of three dams on the tributaries of the river. If you will look at the map you will see that on the upper Ouachita there is the Blakeley Mountain Dam, and below is the Narrows Dam on the Little Missouri. Inbetween is the DeGray Dam on the Caddo River. It is exactly like trying to build a fence to keep a horse in and leaving the gate open, because one-third...
עמוד 178 - The tablet in front of the statue of Confucius bears on it the inscription : " The .seat of the spirit of the most holy ancient sage Confucius.
עמוד 162 - The Chinese have a proverb which says: "A road is good for ten years and bad for ten thousand," and this applies most excellently to those of Yiin-nan.
עמוד 50 - Manchester as a port to be wondered at, for the city is situated in one of the most densely populated parts of the kingdom, and is the most convenient source of supply to about 170 towns.
עמוד 270 - It is entirely modern in every respect, with elevators, steam heat to replace the big Russian stove formerly used in each room, electric lights, telephones, and billiard and reading rooms. It has even a delightful roof garden with trees, shrubbery, waterfalls, and artificial ponds, laid out on the lines of Japanese landscape gardening. The meals...
עמוד 270 - Hoshigaura, a resort only ten minutes' ride from Dairen by a good motor road. Here there are a bathing beach and facilities for sports of all kinds, from an eighteen-hole golf course to a baseball diamond. Farther inshore from the business district is the truly magnificent residential section of Dairen, where are the homes of the railway officials and other prominent men.
עמוד 270 - ... somewhat of the million-dollar Connecticut Avenue bridge over Rock Creek in Washington, although the one here is by no means so large. If you could lift up the finest villas on the outskirts of a European city, gardens and all, and drop them down on the slope of a hill overlooking a beautiful harbour, you would have a reproduction of this section of Dairen.