East by West: A Journey in the Recess, Volume 2Bentley, 1885 - 361 pages |
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Page 6
... eyes to detect the fraud . So So widely has this practice obtained , that when payment is made in Mexican dollars the recipient rings every coin . It is of no consequence when the trans- action does not exceed three or four dollars ...
... eyes to detect the fraud . So So widely has this practice obtained , that when payment is made in Mexican dollars the recipient rings every coin . It is of no consequence when the trans- action does not exceed three or four dollars ...
Page 23
... eyes the evidences of the strength , activity , and , he was bound to admit , the intelligence of the detested foreigner . He had even scraped a personal acquaintance with some of them , amongst others a Mr. Gowen , then consul at ...
... eyes the evidences of the strength , activity , and , he was bound to admit , the intelligence of the detested foreigner . He had even scraped a personal acquaintance with some of them , amongst others a Mr. Gowen , then consul at ...
Page 25
... eye to a sum of fifty dollars they happened to have with them when they went on board . Strange games of cards were played in the forecastle , in which they were invited to join . If they refused , they were thrashed ; if they played ...
... eye to a sum of fifty dollars they happened to have with them when they went on board . Strange games of cards were played in the forecastle , in which they were invited to join . If they refused , they were thrashed ; if they played ...
Page 27
... eye open for such contingencies , young Inouyé at length came to a baker's shop . Bread does not form part of Japanese daily food , but he had learned to eat biscuit on board the Pegasus , and this at least would be softer . Besides ...
... eye open for such contingencies , young Inouyé at length came to a baker's shop . Bread does not form part of Japanese daily food , but he had learned to eat biscuit on board the Pegasus , and this at least would be softer . Besides ...
Page 59
... eyes unnaturally extended fixed on my face . I fancy he was in a condition of modified catalepsy . At any rate , he neither moved nor spoke whilst the barber rasped me , and when I vacated the chair in favour of the young gentleman from ...
... eyes unnaturally extended fixed on my face . I fancy he was in a condition of modified catalepsy . At any rate , he neither moved nor spoke whilst the barber rasped me , and when I vacated the chair in favour of the young gentleman from ...
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