Things Japanese: Being Notes on Various Subjects Connected with Japan for the Use of Travellers and OthersK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1891 - 503 pages |
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... never learnt the abacus at all . If we recommend others to learn it , it is because we hope that , for their own sake , they will do as we tell them and not do as we do . Personally we have found one method of ciphering enough , and a ...
... never learnt the abacus at all . If we recommend others to learn it , it is because we hope that , for their own sake , they will do as we tell them and not do as we do . Personally we have found one method of ciphering enough , and a ...
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... never have been written in Japan ; for though genealogies are carefully kept , they mean nothing , at least from a scientific point of view - so universal is the practice of adoption , from the top of society to the bottom . This it is ...
... never have been written in Japan ; for though genealogies are carefully kept , they mean nothing , at least from a scientific point of view - so universal is the practice of adoption , from the top of society to the bottom . This it is ...
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... , though permitted , is never exalted by them to the rank of the great and serious business of life . In England - at least among the upper classes - a man's shooting , fishing , and tennis , a girl's dances , garden Amusements . 21.
... , though permitted , is never exalted by them to the rank of the great and serious business of life . In England - at least among the upper classes - a man's shooting , fishing , and tennis , a girl's dances , garden Amusements . 21.
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... never having realised the possibility of such elaborate arrangements for heating . They do not mind draughts , having been inured to them from infancy . In fact an elderly diplomat , who , during his sojourn in a Japanese hotel , spent ...
... never having realised the possibility of such elaborate arrangements for heating . They do not mind draughts , having been inured to them from infancy . In fact an elderly diplomat , who , during his sojourn in a Japanese hotel , spent ...
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... never succeeded in adequately transferring to canvas " the human form divine ; " they have never made grand historical scenes live again before the eyes of posterity 50 Art .
... never succeeded in adequately transferring to canvas " the human form divine ; " they have never made grand historical scenes live again before the eyes of posterity 50 Art .
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