East by West: A Journey in the Recess, Volume 2Bentley, 1885 - 361 pages |
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... streets . It was fête day in the neighbourhood , and we approached it through a dense crowd of holiday makers . The shops were brightly lit. Jinrikshas abounded , most of them holding two , and one at least four , persons , two being ...
... streets . It was fête day in the neighbourhood , and we approached it through a dense crowd of holiday makers . The shops were brightly lit. Jinrikshas abounded , most of them holding two , and one at least four , persons , two being ...
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... streets , and its forest of ships . They had entered it by its most imposing avenue , and , slowly sailing up the river , had watched with ever - widening astonishment and deepening trouble the signs of wealth and power . This was the ...
... streets , and its forest of ships . They had entered it by its most imposing avenue , and , slowly sailing up the river , had watched with ever - widening astonishment and deepening trouble the signs of wealth and power . This was the ...
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... Street , and they had plenty of money at their command . This they used in prosecuting those inquiries which were the object of their expedition . They were keen - eyed young men , and were not long in discovering how ludicrously slight ...
... Street , and they had plenty of money at their command . This they used in prosecuting those inquiries which were the object of their expedition . They were keen - eyed young men , and were not long in discovering how ludicrously slight ...
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... Street in 1864 have not faded from their memory . Abandoning all notions of conquering England , they determined as far as possible to imitate her . They have intro- duced into Japan railways , telegraphs , a postal service , and a ...
... Street in 1864 have not faded from their memory . Abandoning all notions of conquering England , they determined as far as possible to imitate her . They have intro- duced into Japan railways , telegraphs , a postal service , and a ...
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... streets for a distance of about a mile . We drew up at another tea - house , and there , arrayed in a miscellaneous costume of borrowed garments , with his teeth visibly and audibly shaking in his head , was the lost guide . His story ...
... streets for a distance of about a mile . We drew up at another tea - house , and there , arrayed in a miscellaneous costume of borrowed garments , with his teeth visibly and audibly shaking in his head , was the lost guide . His story ...
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