East by West: A Journey in the Recess, Volume 2Bentley, 1885 - 361 pages |
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Page 4
... less than the silver dollar , which is a recuperation as remarkable and even more rapid than that of greenbacks or Italian notes . This sure sign of the growing prosperity and stability of the new empire is not viewed with very great ...
... less than the silver dollar , which is a recuperation as remarkable and even more rapid than that of greenbacks or Italian notes . This sure sign of the growing prosperity and stability of the new empire is not viewed with very great ...
Page 5
... less . than its nominal value , since that would mean that for his English sovereign he would get twenty - five shillings . But he thinks he has a reasonable right to demand that he shall know a yen note when he sees it , and shall not ...
... less . than its nominal value , since that would mean that for his English sovereign he would get twenty - five shillings . But he thinks he has a reasonable right to demand that he shall know a yen note when he sees it , and shall not ...
Page 6
... less than 152 , each authorized to issue its own notes . The necessity for diversity of designs is obvious ; but there is the more reason why the denomination should be made clear . The silver yen , a strikingly handsome coin , is now ...
... less than 152 , each authorized to issue its own notes . The necessity for diversity of designs is obvious ; but there is the more reason why the denomination should be made clear . The silver yen , a strikingly handsome coin , is now ...
Page 11
... less tables . After a while hospitality overcame the rigour of etiquette , and at a crisis when my unaccus- tomed knees were beginning to crack , a small stool was quietly brought in , on which I was able to sit without disturbing the ...
... less tables . After a while hospitality overcame the rigour of etiquette , and at a crisis when my unaccus- tomed knees were beginning to crack , a small stool was quietly brought in , on which I was able to sit without disturbing the ...
Page 24
... less pleasant voyage . Ito and Inouyé met with quite another fate . Being questioned as to their desires and intentions , Inouyé expended the greater part of his store of English in declaring that he " wanted to learn navigation . " His ...
... less pleasant voyage . Ito and Inouyé met with quite another fate . Being questioned as to their desires and intentions , Inouyé expended the greater part of his store of English in declaring that he " wanted to learn navigation . " His ...
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