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...m Census The first complete world census was carried out in 1801. The results - China (295 million people), India (131 million), Russia (33 mill... ...llion), Ireland and the USA (c. 5 million each). Data for these countries today: China (1,302,505,000), India (1,047,074,000), Russia (142,881,00... ...od a navigator he was is debatable. He was actually looking for a path to India and China when he stumbled across America (named after a later disco... ...ms of World War II - and this includes the 240,000 who died in the 1976 Tang- Shan, China event. Earthquakes are composites of: I. Primary (or ... ... for 1000 kilometers and there were tens of thousands of aftershocks. Tang-shan, China, July 28, 1976 Property damage: Entire city razed to the... ...x in Latin means "Man-Eater", the name given to the fly by Dr. Coquerel, the French Imperial Navy medical doctor who discovered it, busy devouring ...

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...t trip to the East, Mr. Quinn?’ asked Helen gently. ‘No, miss, I have served for several years in China but was sent home because I contracted malar... ...as Lord Buddha. The East India Company has, of course, realised the strategic importance of this Imperial Road, as it was known in Moghul times. It ... ...ling hung crystal chandeliers and the centrepiece of the table was a magnificent vase of Dresden china in the shape of a swan which was filled with ... ... As usual after her ride, she stripped down to her underclothes and poured some warm water from a china jug into a wash basin on the marble-topped w... ...tors served the most delicious cakes and pastries and an assortment of teas in fine English bone china crockery. On their return to the Residency, ... ...he startled Isabel and sent it crashing to the floor, shards of broken Audrey Blankenhagen 172 china flying in all directions. ‘How dare you enter...

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...S, in 2 vols.: Georg Biihler. 3, 16, 27, 2S, 39, 40. THE SACRED BOO;KS OF CHINA, in 6 vols. : J ames Legge. 4, 23,3 1 . THE ZEND-AVESTA, in 3 vols.... .... Two volumes represent Islam, and six the two main indigenous systems of China, Confucian­ ism and Taoism. This great undertaking, planned and edite... ...it is not merely a complete index like vol. xxv of the recently published Imperial Gazetteer of Illdia. It also furnishes, in articles of any lengt... ... must be for all students of the ancient civilizations of India, Persia, China, and Arabia. And if the Index should do nothing else but help to pro...

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...sary by the way in which everything was packed away—the plate, the Dresden china, the candlesticks, and the glass—made a variety in the monotonous liv... ...attachment which Sommervieux had formed for this cel- ebrated flirt of the Imperial Court. At one-and-twenty, in all the splendor of youth and beauty,... ...y a small moustache twirled up into points, and as black as jet, by a full imperial, by whiskers carefully combed, and a forest of black hair in some ...

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...e seated upon the pier-heads; some looking over the bulwarks of ships from China; some high aloft in the rigging, as if striving to get a still better... ...oah’s flood would not interrupt, though it overwhelmed all the millions in China. He lives on the sea, as prairie cocks in the prairie; he hides among... ...at somehow whaling is not respectable. Whaling not respectable? Whaling is imperial! By old En- glish statutory law, the whale is declared “a royal fi... ...seemed a white flag come to beg truce of a fortress. Curious to tell, this imperial negro, Ahasuerus Daggoo, was the Squire of little Flask, who looke... ...itary navy; nay, extorting almost as much outward homage as if he wore the imperial purple, and not the shabbiest of pilot-cloth. And though of all me... ...of Nicholas the Czar, the ringed crown of geographical empire encircles an imperial brain; then, the plebeian herds crouch abased be- fore the tremend... ...t at Frank- fort, where the German Emperor profoundly dines with the seven Imperial Electors, so these cabin meals were somehow solemn meals, eaten in... ...s! Pip. Jinglers, you say?—there goes another, dropped off; I pound it so. China sailor. Rattle thy teeth, then, and pound away; make a pagoda of thys... ...d turn up his wrinkled brow off the Persian Gulf, or in the Bengal Bay, or China Seas, or in any other waters haunted by his race. So that Monsoons, P...

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...e seated upon the pier heads; some looking over the bulwarks of ships from China; some high aloft in the rigging, as if striving to get a still better... ...Noah’s flood would not interrupt, though it overwhelmed all the millions in China.He lives on the sea, as prairie cocks in the prairie; he hides among ... ...at somehow whaling is not respectable. Whaling not respectable? Whaling is imperial! By old English statutory law, the whale is declared “a royal fish.... ... seemed a white flag come to beg truce of a fortress. Curious to tell, this imperial negro, Ahasuerus Daggoo, was the Squire of little Flask, who looke... ...itary navy; nay, extorting almost as much outward homage as if he wore the imperial purple, and not the shabbiest of pilot cloth. And though of all me... ... Nicholas the Czar, the ringed crown of geographical em pire encircles an imperial brain; then, the plebeian herds crouch abased before the tremendou... ...uet at Frankfort, where the German Emperor profoundly dines with the seven Imperial Electors, so these cabin meals were somehow solemn meals, eaten in... ... Pip. Jinglers, you say? — there goes another, dropped off; I pound it so. China sailor. Rattle thy teeth, then, and pound away; make a pagoda of thys... ...d turn up his wrinkled brow off the Persian Gulf, or in the Bengal Bay, or China Seas, or in any other waters haunted by his race. So that Monsoons, P...

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...ir office during the usurper’s reign; officers who had de- serted from the imperial army and joined forces with Conde; and younger members of families... ...efort’s father laughed. “Come, come,” said he, “will the Restoration adopt imperial meth- ods so promptly? Shot, my dear boy? What an idea! Where is t... ...being suspected of royalism. Alexandre Dumas 95 However, scarcely was the imperial power established — that is, scarcely had the emperor re-entered t... ... of my great work, the unity of the Italian kingdom; but for some time the imperial police (who at this period, quite contrary to what Napoleon desire... ...Napo- leon was then on the throne) the services Dantes had rendered to the imperial cause — services which Villefort’s certificates rendered indispens... ... various dainties. The dishes were of silver, and the plates of Japa- nese china. Franz rubbed his eyes in order to assure himself that this was not a... ...shionable world of which I know no more than a Huron or a native of Cochin-China?” “Oh, that I do, and with infinite pleasure,” answered Albert; “and ... ...alencia, pilau at Constantinople, karrick in India, and swallows’ nests in China. I eat everywhere, and of everything, only I eat but little; and to-d... ... over a large table, was tracing on a map the route from St. Petersburg to China. The procureur entered with the same grave and measured step he would...

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...me. It was all the fortune that ever I inherited. That watch has regulated imperial interests in its time — the stately ceremonial, the courtly assign... ..., some slices of bread and butter, a tea cup, and some hot tea in a little china jug ‘Is Fanny gone?’ said Bathsheba. ‘No,’ said her companion, pourin... ... quite a cozy and luxurious show, with an urn, plated tea and coffee pots, china teacups, and plum cakes. Troy stood at the entrance to the booth, whe...

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...to the moment when, without either of her protectors, she must go with the imperial Lady Martindale to encounter the dreaded aunt. When the time came,... ...kylark to approach. ‘A pretty scene, is it not?’ said John. ‘Like a Sevres china cup,’ Theodora could not help saying. ‘Fountain and peacock, and para... ...variably say, “Oh, you mean old Lumpkin!” So much for romantic names!’ ‘Or imperial ones,’ said Percy. ‘Did not you tell me Theodora came straight fro... ...; others removing the fur- niture from the terrace; cushions, ormolu, fine china, handed out of the lower windows; the whole seen by the wild lurid 4...

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...e who has shown the greatest longing for him has been the great Emperor of China, who wrote me a letter in Chinese a month ago and sent it by a specia... ... not even in thought.” “Then, brother,” I replied, “you can return to your China, post haste or at whatever haste you are bound to go, as I am not fit... ...orn of mean parentage, have risen to the highest dignities, pontifical and imperial, and of the truth of this I could give thee instances enough to we...

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...e ni al Río de la Plata. Esa es la razón por la cual ningún mapa de la España imperial publicado por potencias europeas, deja de señalar a esos terr... ...del bombardeo de Valparaíso y del Callao en 1866, como también en el implante imperial de Maximiliano de Habsburgo en México, para obrar reactivamen... ...que pone en comunicación directa la Europa y Estados Unidos con el Japón, la China y aun la India en cuanto al transporte de metales preciosos, sob... ...s, estableciendo una vía barata, corta, casi directa, desde los puertos de la China, el Japón, la Cochinchina, el Tíber, la India, la Arabia y el Áf... ...tre entendía que con la Triple Alianza se había asestado un golpe decisivo al imperialismo fluvial del Paraguay, y cuyo objeto creía que era su expa... ...a provincia brasileña, al tiempo que acusaba al gobierno de Río de Janeiro de imperialista, absolutista, anexionista y mercantilista. La tarea de l... ... argentino tuvo oportunidad para insertarse en los espíritus de los militares imperiales durante la convivencia en los campamentos del Paraguay, y no...

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... the region has been compared to that of the works of Shakespeare on English literature. It is arguably the most widely read historical novel in late imperial and modern China....

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...rtion of that obligatory fee no exceptions or you'll lose — face! No wonder China leads the world in paper production invitations get sent out like —... ...ana Republic cr@p, and maybe go to a regular restaurant instead of those in Chinatown or Koreatown.” He's right again, especially about the last par... ...'s the thing about Asian restaurants. They all congregate together to form a Chinatown, Koreatown, or a Japantown. And it's interesting that I've nev... ...ey don't think they can get any business, unless it has an Asian theme like Chinatown, Koreatown, or Japantown. They can't be unique so they have to ... ...om or equality. In New York City, for instance, many Chinese people live in Chinatown and stay there for the majority of their lives, without even s... ...Uncle are sitting on the living room sofa while Jordan and I are sitting in imperial hardwood chairs across from them. Uncle pours tea from a black,...

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...representation of the Dynamic of Splitness. David Dawson went hiking through China and climbed the Taoist mountain of Mt Qiyun. He visited the tem... ...ly, agonizingly die out. Unless they are as hugely overpopulated as India or China: cultures only survive as long as their numbers increase. Overp... ...se out of the ruins and began piling up things anew, and more creatively… In China it became The Great Wall. In Europe it became Cathedrals. In R... ... a collage of ancient animal Gods that had human bodies but animal faces. In China: Nature worship became abstracted and codified into ‘The Dao’… or... ... disgusted with the old aristocracy of Kingship; and reinstated an even older Imperial Roman form of dictatorship, absolute power, secret police, an... ...y and fraternity and the brotherhood of men: quickly became corrupted into an Imperial power that was so inhuman, so out of touch with reality, so co... ...power that was so inhuman, so out of touch with reality, so corrupt: that the Imperial France did not last longer than a decade. What were once mass... ...e his own personal glory. What began as a social ideal of equality: became an Imperial oppression of pure centralized power. In the end: Napoleon’s... ...e a hated culture of killers and rapists. Just like Rome’s armies had become Imperial machines of death and horror. By the 3 rd year of their enli...

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.... 42 Zen has its home in Japan, although originally it came from India via China. Among the streams of Buddhism, Zen is per- haps the most radical, fo... ...l were done. The new Christians, as seen by outsiders and particularly the imperial authorities, provided a social network for this “something radical... ...or of the dust, nor of existence, nor of entity. I am not of India, nor of China, nor of Bulgaria, nor of Saqsin; I am not of the Kingdom of Iraquain,... ...egendary date of the founding of Rome, and the time of the Chou dynasty in China): I saw the Lord sitting on an elevated throne. His skirts filled the ... ...good and evil that pervades Iroquois thought. THE RELIGIOUS DIMENSION 204 imperialistic conquest of neighboring tribes outside their League. (The lat... ...RELIGIOUS DIMENSION 272 sciousness this engenders. The world’s history of imperialist expansion in order to take foreign land for individuals has tem...

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...ff. She liked pretty faces near her; as she liked pretty pictures and nice china. She talked of Amelia with rapture half a dozen times that day. She m... ...y reached the towers of Notre Dame, I wonder whether 170 V anity Fair the Imperial birds had any eye for a little corner of the parish of Bloomsbury,... ...er seen. “Dammy,” George said to a confidential friend, “she looked like a China doll, which has nothing to do all day but to grin and wag its head. B... ... Frederick’s flagging confidential whispers, and the clinking of plate and china, to interrupt the silence of the repast. The ser- vants went about st... ...er hand, the postilion who drove us was a Viscount, a son of some bankrupt Imperial General, who accepted a pennyworth of beer on the road. The moral ... ...ook at him, Amelia dear, driving into the parlour window. Such a bull in a china-shop I never saw.” And presently the pair of riders disappeared at a ... ..., or were preparing for a final onset. It came at last: the columns of the Imperial Guard marched up the hill of Saint Jean, at length and at once to ... ...circumstances of the interview between Rebecca Crawley, nee Sharp, and her Imperial Master, it does not become such a feeble and inexperienced pen as ... ...o one. Their carriages, emblazoned with coro- nets and heaped with shining imperials, were on the foredeck, locked in with a dozen more such vehicles:...

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..., it bears the huge toppling steamers, bedizened and lacquered within like imperial junks. Pierced along its great white bulk with two tiers of small ... ...h it. Do but think, my dear sir, of the eddies and maëlstroms of pagans in China. People here have no conception of it. Of a frosty morning in Hong Ko... ...ets like so many nipped peas in a bin of peas. T o be an immortal being in China is no more distinction than to be a snow-flake in a snow-squall. What... ...; American, Irish, English, German, African, Mulatto; not to speak of that China boy sent me by one who well knew my perplexities, from California; an... ...ld I accept a loan, though without asking pressed on me. The experience of China Aster might warn me.” “And what was that?” “Not very unlike the exper... ... set was surprised that his palace vanished with it. I will tell you about China Aster. I wish I could do so in my own words, but unhappily the origin...

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...cum- stances of his widow. Her two sons each received a scholarship in the Imperial Lyceum, and the Emperor paid the whole costs of their education fr... ...act; for this grandson was being educated with Madame Bridau’s sons at the Imperial Lyceum, where he had a half-scholarship. The lad, who was clever a... ... she took a lease of it for nine years; proximity to her sons’ school, the Imperial Lyceum being at a short distance; thirdly, because it was in the q... ...eproach. So Philippe and Joseph were cossetted, and the old gambler in the Imperial Lottery of France (like others who have a vice or a weakness to at... ...s in the room. That statue, which represents the Emperor standing with the Imperial sceptre in his hand, was torn down in 1814 from the column it surm... ...l for him. That fellow has no education; they wouldn’t behave like that in China.” Philippe, prompted by mercenary motives, proposed to Mariette that ... ...con- sole, brought from some castle, on whose marble slab stood an immense China jar, in which the doctor kept his tobacco. But neither Rouget, nor hi...