The Mystic Flowery Land: A Personal NarrativeLuzac, 1896 - 231 pages |
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... head ; and if you ask a Chinaman the reason of this , he will answer with his self - convincing adage , " no can see , no can savee ! " So implicitly does he believe in this ocular demonstration that he will unflinchingly try to sail or ...
... head ; and if you ask a Chinaman the reason of this , he will answer with his self - convincing adage , " no can see , no can savee ! " So implicitly does he believe in this ocular demonstration that he will unflinchingly try to sail or ...
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... 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 favourite colour ...
... 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 favourite colour ...
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... head resting upon a small wooden or earthenware bolster , and both hands being continually employed on the flute - like bamboo pipe , one hand grasping it , and the other holding a long steel bodkin which from time to time is inserted ...
... head resting upon a small wooden or earthenware bolster , and both hands being continually employed on the flute - like bamboo pipe , one hand grasping it , and the other holding a long steel bodkin which from time to time is inserted ...
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... head - quarters for plotting and gambling transactions . It was therefore quite impossible to gain admittance by the ordinary means , but we might do so from the roof , where there was a trap - door which gave entrance to a cock - loft ...
... head - quarters for plotting and gambling transactions . It was therefore quite impossible to gain admittance by the ordinary means , but we might do so from the roof , where there was a trap - door which gave entrance to a cock - loft ...
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... head against his arm And seemed to nestle there confidingly And fondly as she looked to him and said : - " Forgive me , Uko , for I have concealed From you , my husband , that which might erase My beauty - e'en your love : for now ...
... head against his arm And seemed to nestle there confidingly And fondly as she looked to him and said : - " Forgive me , Uko , for I have concealed From you , my husband , that which might erase My beauty - e'en your love : for now ...
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