China and its people, by a missionary's wife [signed aunt Helen]. |
Common terms and phrases
Amoy bamboo banks banyan beautiful blue boats boys Búddha Búddhist burn button called Canton chairs characters chief city China Chinamen Chinese Chinese language Christ Christian clothes colour Confucius coolies carry cotton covered dress embroidered emperor emperor of China English feet flowers foreign front Fuh-chau garment hair Hang-chau hanging head heaven heavenly king hills Hong-Kong houses idols inside islands Jesus keep Kwan-yin lanterns live look Manchú Mandarins Mencius missionary mother Nanking native Ningpo pagoda painted paper parents Peking plaited poor pretty priests province rice river round satin sedan chair Shanghai shew ships shoes shops side silk sleeves soldiers sometimes stone streets summer Swatow tallow tree Tartar Tauist tell temples things trees walk wall wear weather winter women wood wooden worn worship Yang-tsz yellow Yellow River
Popular passages
Page 116 - Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.
Page 98 - MID pleasures and palaces though we may roam, Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home!
Page 5 - Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass.
Page 41 - Their little golden circlet in a flutter With tales the wooing winds have dared to utter, Till all are ringing, As if a choir Of golden-nested birds in heaven were singing; And with a lulling sound The music floats around, And drops like balm into the drowsy ear ; Commingling with the hum Of the Sepoy's distant drum, And lazy beetle ever droning near.
Page 6 - Cast thy bread upon the waters, and thou shalt find it after many days.
Page 137 - Kings shall fall down before Him, And gold and incense bring ; All nations shall adore Him, His praise all people sing : For He shall have dominion O'er river, sea, and shore ; Far as the eagle's pinion, Or dove's light wing can soar.
Page 1 - Go, take the wings of morn, And fly beyond the utmost sea ; Thou shalt not feel thyself forlorn, Thy GOD is still with thee ; And where his Spirit bids thee dwell, There, and there only, thou art well.