East by West: A Journey in the Recess, Volume 2Bentley, 1885 - 361 pages |
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Page 6
... matter of considerable embar- rassment to visitors to Japan , and might be commended to the attention of the Govern- ment among their other reforms . The explanation of this shower of diverse designs in copper plate is the establishment ...
... matter of considerable embar- rassment to visitors to Japan , and might be commended to the attention of the Govern- ment among their other reforms . The explanation of this shower of diverse designs in copper plate is the establishment ...
Page 18
... matter of chairs ) , the Foreign Minister told me the story of his life , which is also , in a great measure , the story of the life of the new Empire of Japan . In 1864 Japan was in those throes which surely presaged a new birth of one ...
... matter of chairs ) , the Foreign Minister told me the story of his life , which is also , in a great measure , the story of the life of the new Empire of Japan . In 1864 Japan was in those throes which surely presaged a new birth of one ...
Page 37
... matter . It was rather promising in the way of fun and excitement . We had only one night to sleep here , and everything was big enough and nice enough for a twenty hours ' trip in summer seas like that on which we were even now gliding ...
... matter . It was rather promising in the way of fun and excitement . We had only one night to sleep here , and everything was big enough and nice enough for a twenty hours ' trip in summer seas like that on which we were even now gliding ...
Page 44
... matter . It might have been called turtle fin with equal accuracy of reference to its flavour . At this stage the lady of the party retired . Another course arrived of some undis- tinguishable meat . I am not sure that it was not the ...
... matter . It might have been called turtle fin with equal accuracy of reference to its flavour . At this stage the lady of the party retired . Another course arrived of some undis- tinguishable meat . I am not sure that it was not the ...
Page 112
... matter of personal lamentation , though it was ad- mitted that all Hongkong had to show the foreigners might easily be seen in a day . It is a lively , bustling town , though as compared with its former bounding prosperity Ichabod is ...
... matter of personal lamentation , though it was ad- mitted that all Hongkong had to show the foreigners might easily be seen in a day . It is a lively , bustling town , though as compared with its former bounding prosperity Ichabod is ...
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