The Mystic Flowery Land: Being a True Account of an Englishman's Travels and Adventures in ChinaLuzac, 1899 - 225 pages |
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... clothes I had made for him , as it is customary and very necessary - if only for the sake of cleanliness , and to dis- tinguish him from the rest of his unwashed kind - to have a uniform for your private ricksha or chair coolies . 99 ...
... clothes I had made for him , as it is customary and very necessary - if only for the sake of cleanliness , and to dis- tinguish him from the rest of his unwashed kind - to have a uniform for your private ricksha or chair coolies . 99 ...
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... clothes to be made - one of very common material , as worn by the lower classes , and the other of silk , to wear when impersonating a native gentleman , and shoes to match . Before parting , he told me to hold myself in readiness to be ...
... clothes to be made - one of very common material , as worn by the lower classes , and the other of silk , to wear when impersonating a native gentleman , and shoes to match . Before parting , he told me to hold myself in readiness to be ...
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... clothes with him . Grasping his hand I thanked him warmly for having exerted himself so much in the matter . There was no time to waste , so I put on the dowdy - looking garments , and he dexterously disfigured my face with a piece of ...
... clothes with him . Grasping his hand I thanked him warmly for having exerted himself so much in the matter . There was no time to waste , so I put on the dowdy - looking garments , and he dexterously disfigured my face with a piece of ...
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... clothes torn and stained ; evidently done in her struggles for freedom when being carried off . But , sorry as I felt for the poor creature before me , I was mad * I have since been over several gambling houses - especially in Hong Kong ...
... clothes torn and stained ; evidently done in her struggles for freedom when being carried off . But , sorry as I felt for the poor creature before me , I was mad * I have since been over several gambling houses - especially in Hong Kong ...
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... clothing , and while the young lady motioned me to at once dress myself in them , the attendant , who could speak a little " pidgin " English , told me that her mistress had come to save my life . There were two or three thousand ...
... clothing , and while the young lady motioned me to at once dress myself in them , the attendant , who could speak a little " pidgin " English , told me that her mistress had come to save my life . There were two or three thousand ...
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