East by West: A Journey in the Recess, Volume 2Bentley, 1885 - 361 pages |
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Page 7
... hand a few of these manipulated coins ready for opportunities . These some- how get mixed up with yours , and he , with a pitying smile for your earlier misfortune , will invite you to replace them with sterling silver . Between ...
... hand a few of these manipulated coins ready for opportunities . These some- how get mixed up with yours , and he , with a pitying smile for your earlier misfortune , will invite you to replace them with sterling silver . Between ...
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... hand ; the way he relapsed for a moment into attitudes of pro- found and saddened thought while the Jôruri singer told what was passing within his per- turbed breast ; the way when , angered past endurance , he threatened to draw an ...
... hand ; the way he relapsed for a moment into attitudes of pro- found and saddened thought while the Jôruri singer told what was passing within his per- turbed breast ; the way when , angered past endurance , he threatened to draw an ...
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... hand frequently sought his sword hilt , and slaughter was imminent . I thought we had finished dinner , but there remained yet another course . All the dishes had been removed , and now came a tray bountifully sup- plied with plates of ...
... hand frequently sought his sword hilt , and slaughter was imminent . I thought we had finished dinner , but there remained yet another course . All the dishes had been removed , and now came a tray bountifully sup- plied with plates of ...
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... hands , but who , for the present , with provoking indifference , took no more notice of them than if they had been two gnats that strayed into dock from Plumstead Marshes . Moreover , they were beginning to feel very hungry . With the ...
... hands , but who , for the present , with provoking indifference , took no more notice of them than if they had been two gnats that strayed into dock from Plumstead Marshes . Moreover , they were beginning to feel very hungry . With the ...
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... hands of the angered samurai , was slashed , hacked , and left for dead by the roadside . He had just sufficient strength to crawl to his mother's house , where he was nursed back to life and carefully hidden . But to this day he bears ...
... hands of the angered samurai , was slashed , hacked , and left for dead by the roadside . He had just sufficient strength to crawl to his mother's house , where he was nursed back to life and carefully hidden . But to this day he bears ...
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