The Mystic Flowery Land: A Personal NarrativeLuzac, 1896 - 231 pages |
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... danger to the head of any unwary pedestrian who might happen to be above the average height . Independent of this , each shop had its own peculiar transparent paper lantern with the proprietor's name painted on in red - red being a ...
... danger to the head of any unwary pedestrian who might happen to be above the average height . Independent of this , each shop had its own peculiar transparent paper lantern with the proprietor's name painted on in red - red being a ...
Page 27
... dangerous case - such a large sum of money hanging in the balance , and perhaps very dangerous criminals being employed by her abductors . So I took the precaution of buying an extra revolver . I could hardly bear to imagine poor Sêou ...
... dangerous case - such a large sum of money hanging in the balance , and perhaps very dangerous criminals being employed by her abductors . So I took the precaution of buying an extra revolver . I could hardly bear to imagine poor Sêou ...
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... dangerous undertaking , but it was our only chance of effecting a rescue . If the girl proved to be Séou Jâe , we would watch our opportunity and get her out through the roof , one of us standing by with loaded revolvers to cover the ...
... dangerous undertaking , but it was our only chance of effecting a rescue . If the girl proved to be Séou Jâe , we would watch our opportunity and get her out through the roof , one of us standing by with loaded revolvers to cover the ...
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... dangerous undertaking , for , according to Chinese law , it is punishable with death ; consequently those who make it a business are generally lawless and desperate characters . Next morning at sunrise I took a quiet walk by myself ...
... dangerous undertaking , for , according to Chinese law , it is punishable with death ; consequently those who make it a business are generally lawless and desperate characters . Next morning at sunrise I took a quiet walk by myself ...
Page 98
... dangerous place , especially in the dark . For the first nine or ten days nothing occurred , nor did I see any- thing or anyone to excite suspicion ; the place seemed quite deserted . One night , however , just as the moon was beginning ...
... dangerous place , especially in the dark . For the first nine or ten days nothing occurred , nor did I see any- thing or anyone to excite suspicion ; the place seemed quite deserted . One night , however , just as the moon was beginning ...
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aboard afterwards Ah Shun Amoy ancient arrived asked bamboo beautiful bell beneath boat Canton captain cash Celestial cents Chefoo China Chinese Cloth coast Coloured commenced coolie Customs death deck dollars early east Emperor entered eyes favoured foreign Formosa friends Fuhkien Haikwan Hainan hand harbour heard Hoihow Hollywood Road Hong Hongkong honour island junks Keelung Kiungchow Ko-ai lady land leaving light lived looking mandarins manner miles morning Namoa native never night officers once opium Pagoda passed passengers picul pidgin pirates poor port REESE LIBRARY residents ricksha river round sails sampan Sanskrit scene seemed Sêou Jâe Shanghai ship shore side sight Sir Robert Hart snake Soochow soon stands steamer suddenly Swatow Taels Tamsui Taotai temple tide Tientsin Treaty Ports Tung-po vessel walk walls watch western wind young
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