East by West: A Journey in the Recess, Volume 2Bentley, 1885 - 361 pages |
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Page 5
... course plain enough to the Japanese , but worse than Greek to the foreigner . It is true that if you know where to look for it , and have a microscope handy , you can discover the figure " twenty " printed on the tenpenny note , and ...
... course plain enough to the Japanese , but worse than Greek to the foreigner . It is true that if you know where to look for it , and have a microscope handy , you can discover the figure " twenty " printed on the tenpenny note , and ...
Page 13
... course was already served . Before each guest was placed a little lacquered tray , raised three or four inches from the ground . On it was a covered porcelain bowl , containing a small quantity of boiled rice . A second covered bowl of ...
... course was already served . Before each guest was placed a little lacquered tray , raised three or four inches from the ground . On it was a covered porcelain bowl , containing a small quantity of boiled rice . A second covered bowl of ...
Page 16
... course . All the dishes had been removed , and now came a tray bountifully sup- plied with plates of bean jelly , rice cake , and other toothsome things . There were also grapes , of which Japan grows some excellent varieties , and ...
... course . All the dishes had been removed , and now came a tray bountifully sup- plied with plates of bean jelly , rice cake , and other toothsome things . There were also grapes , of which Japan grows some excellent varieties , and ...
Page 28
... course if he gave too much the man would give him the change . So he put down the three dollars . I am sorry and ashamed to say say that the baker , after looking at him and clinking the coins to test the goodness of the silver , swept ...
... course if he gave too much the man would give him the change . So he put down the three dollars . I am sorry and ashamed to say say that the baker , after looking at him and clinking the coins to test the goodness of the silver , swept ...
Page 32
... course events were taking . He had raised a spectre which he could not lay at will . As for the new and unexpected emissaries of peace , it fared hardly with them . Ito had to hide himself from popular indignation ; Inouyé , falling ...
... course events were taking . He had raised a spectre which he could not lay at will . As for the new and unexpected emissaries of peace , it fared hardly with them . Ito had to hide himself from popular indignation ; Inouyé , falling ...
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