 | George Carter Stent - 1874 - 184 páginas
...oldest now living.1 1 A proof of bad government in the poet's opinion. THE TWELVE MONTHS MANY STORIES.1 First Month. 'Tis the first month of the new year,...our union. Oh, my husband, we are to be separated ! When shall we meet again ? Second Month. Tis mid-spring ; the " Chun-fen]"*My husband is going to... | |
 | George Carter Stent - 1874 - 190 páginas
...oldest now living.1 1 A proof of bad government in the poet's opinion. THE TWELVE MONTHS MANY STORIES.1 First Month. Tis the first month of the new year,...afterwards published in the Society's volume for ,1871-2. £2 I At parting innumerable sorrows arise, like the tempest arising out of a calm, suddenly to dissever... | |
 | Florence Wheelock Ayscough - 1925 - 474 páginas
...Journal of the NCBRAS for that year. Chapters II, IV and V were also originally lectures and were given before the North China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society in Shanghai and appear greatly condensed in form in the pages of the NCBRAS Journal m the years 1923, 1921 and... | |
 | Verne Dyson - 1927 - 412 páginas
...the Nan Kiang." In a paper on "The Ancient Mouths of the Yangtsze," which was read by Rev. J. Edkins before the North China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society in Shanghai on March 18, 1860, he said: "Two thousand years ago a great part of the Shanghai plain was not yet reclaimed... | |
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tis not often such music is heard, (Will the tree never more its sweet concerts be giving?) Old folks shake their heads, for it has not occurred E'en once — in the life of the oldest now living.1 1 A proof of bad government in the poet's opinion. THE... 