East by West: A Journey in the Recess, Volume 2Bentley, 1885 - 361 pages |
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Page 8
... hour's drive through a lane of busy life we came to the silent house where the dead awaited the last service of the living . It stands a little apart from the main road , a building of a single story , with an innocent- looking tall ...
... hour's drive through a lane of busy life we came to the silent house where the dead awaited the last service of the living . It stands a little apart from the main road , a building of a single story , with an innocent- looking tall ...
Page 9
... hour , and the shavings were fired . One of the men , kneeling before the growing flame , fanned it with a piece of ... hours the work is done . Every particle of flesh is burned away , and there remains only the skeleton . The bones and ...
... hour , and the shavings were fired . One of the men , kneeling before the growing flame , fanned it with a piece of ... hours the work is done . Every particle of flesh is burned away , and there remains only the skeleton . The bones and ...
Page 22
... hour you would not have a stone standing on another . The only thing to do is to beat England on her own ground : we must learn to sail ships and fight them , and with a fleet of our own we shall be able to keep our coast inviolate ...
... hour you would not have a stone standing on another . The only thing to do is to beat England on her own ground : we must learn to sail ships and fight them , and with a fleet of our own we shall be able to keep our coast inviolate ...
Page 28
... hours he walked about , faint with hunger , fatigue , and fear . Ito was hungry too , and till he came to him he would not break bread . At last , when it was growing dusk , he happened to turn into the dock , 28 EAST BY WEST .
... hours he walked about , faint with hunger , fatigue , and fear . Ito was hungry too , and till he came to him he would not break bread . At last , when it was growing dusk , he happened to turn into the dock , 28 EAST BY WEST .
Page 37
... hours ' trip in summer seas like that on which we were even now gliding . The Foreign Minister came off in his steam- launch to say good - bye , an unaccustomed visit which greatly fluttered the captain and crew . The captain was so ...
... hours ' trip in summer seas like that on which we were even now gliding . The Foreign Minister came off in his steam- launch to say good - bye , an unaccustomed visit which greatly fluttered the captain and crew . The captain was so ...
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