A Visit to Japan, China, and IndiaS. Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1877 - 294 pages |
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Page 24
... course many hundred miles , there is no port to be gained , and a vessel out of coals , if unable to sail , might be left to float for weeks . On the Atlantic it would not be many days , probably not many hours , before another ship ...
... course many hundred miles , there is no port to be gained , and a vessel out of coals , if unable to sail , might be left to float for weeks . On the Atlantic it would not be many days , probably not many hours , before another ship ...
Page 93
... course with foreigners . Little seems known of the intrigues of the Imperial Palace , though rumour says that the late Emperor was murdered by the Dowager Em- press , a most vicious woman , who , nevertheless , must possess great talent ...
... course with foreigners . Little seems known of the intrigues of the Imperial Palace , though rumour says that the late Emperor was murdered by the Dowager Em- press , a most vicious woman , who , nevertheless , must possess great talent ...
Page 255
... course of invasions of India . He says , " The people of Central Asia have always been to the inhabitants of India what the warriors of the German forests were to the decaying monarchy of Rome . The dark , slender , and timid Hindoo ...
... course of invasions of India . He says , " The people of Central Asia have always been to the inhabitants of India what the warriors of the German forests were to the decaying monarchy of Rome . The dark , slender , and timid Hindoo ...
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