 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - English literature - 1834 - 636 pages
...them, by facts, that our theories, when reduced to practice, would have the most salutary effect.' ' The town, which stretches several miles along the...shop-keepers, and some of the most wealthy people of the place, are from Fuhkeen ; and the native merchants, though well trained to their business, or... | |
 | 1834 - 550 pages
...known here as a missionary, as well as in Siam ; and hence I thought it my duty to act boldly, but ' The town, which stretches several miles along the...shop-keepers, and some of the most wealthy people of the place, are from Fuhkeen; and the native merchants, though well trained to their business, or... | |
 | Karl Friedrich August Gützlaff - China - 1834 - 566 pages
...return, commanded persons to dress and sing, in imitation of what he had seen. RESIDENCE IN THE CITY. 131 town, which stretches several miles along the banks...Chinese style. A great many of the shop-keepers, and seme of the most wealthy people in the place, are from Fuhkeen ; and the native merchants, though well... | |
 | Hugh Murray, John Crawfurd, Peter Gordon, Thomas Lynn, William Wallace, Gilbert Thomas Burnett - China - 1836 - 482 pages
...the avenues were thronged, and in the shops — generally filled with Chinese manufactures, but some also with European commodities — trade seemed to...of the most wealthy people in the place, are from Fo-kien ; and the native merchants, though well trained to their business, are outdone by the superior... | |
 | Hugh Murray, John Crawfurd, Peter Gordon - China - 1843 - 472 pages
...the avenues were thronged, and in the shops — generally filled with Chinese manufactures, but some also with European commodities — trade seemed to...of the most wealthy people in the place, are from Fo-kien ; and the native merchants, though well trained to their business, are outdone by the superior... | |
 | Samuel Wells Williams - China - 1848 - 648 pages
...bustling place. " All the avenues were thronged, and in the shops — generally well filled with Chinese, but sometimes also with European commodities — trade...and the houses are built of mud, but within they are furnished with uccommodutions in the best Chinese style. The trade is quite extensive ; more than five... | |
 | Samuel Wells Williams - China - 1848 - 626 pages
...commodities — trade seemed to be brisk. The town, which stretches TIENTSIN FU AND THE PEI HO. 71 several miles along the banks of the river, equals...and the houses are built of mud, but within they are furnished with accommodations in the best Chinese style. The trade is quite extensive ; more than five... | |
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Chinese manufactures, but some also with European commodities — trade seemed to be brisk. The town, which stretches several miles along the banks of the river, equals Canton in the bustle of its busy population, and surpasses it in the importance of... 