The Mystic Flowery Land: A Personal NarrativeLuzac, 1896 - 231 pages |
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... cents - just five times too much . But he would not take it , and set up such a hue and cry for " one dolla , " that I re - entered the hotel and placed the matter in the hands of the Chinese compradore , who gave him his proper fare ...
... cents - just five times too much . But he would not take it , and set up such a hue and cry for " one dolla , " that I re - entered the hotel and placed the matter in the hands of the Chinese compradore , who gave him his proper fare ...
Page 12
... cents ; old coat makee new , 40 cents ; " & c . , & c . ? Even when you do think you have found a " something " which really is extortionate , the wretch - ever irrepressible , and resigned , proceeds to placidly explain the why and ...
... cents ; old coat makee new , 40 cents ; " & c . , & c . ? Even when you do think you have found a " something " which really is extortionate , the wretch - ever irrepressible , and resigned , proceeds to placidly explain the why and ...
Page 30
... cents ( thirty cash ) , perhaps more if he can afford it , and receives a proportionate amount of prepared opium , generally held in a small shell , and a pipe , both of which he returns to the proprietor before leaving . The price of ...
... cents ( thirty cash ) , perhaps more if he can afford it , and receives a proportionate amount of prepared opium , generally held in a small shell , and a pipe , both of which he returns to the proprietor before leaving . The price of ...
Page 76
... the price of very inferior grain in that district had risen more than 100 per cent above the average price ; and the magistrate there would not allow any surplus wheat 不忍其死有以錢六千買得男女 CHEFOO AND THE FAMINE . 77 112.
... the price of very inferior grain in that district had risen more than 100 per cent above the average price ; and the magistrate there would not allow any surplus wheat 不忍其死有以錢六千買得男女 CHEFOO AND THE FAMINE . 77 112.
Page 90
... cent of sterling silver out of a bamboo hut , not to mention the extortion from a more pretentious structure . Well , old Liang Ah Tou- for such was his honourable name - used to walk out every even- ing , and he always walked in the ...
... cent of sterling silver out of a bamboo hut , not to mention the extortion from a more pretentious structure . Well , old Liang Ah Tou- for such was his honourable name - used to walk out every even- ing , and he always walked in the ...
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