Five Years in China —— From 1842 to 1847

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ISBN: 9781330362631 出版年：2016 页码：417 Frederick E Forbes Forgotten Books

Traders of any sort or description he can never reckon amongst the number of his acquaintance, poor relations he cannot acknowledge in public; but, if after his resignation of office he retires to his own native province, he again returns to the bosom of his family, and becomes the acknowledged head of it by purchasing the patrimonial estate.