The Mystic Flowery Land: A Personal NarrativeLuzac, 1896 - 231 pages |
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... leaving to posterity a substantial memento of his reign , built the famous Pekin Bell - Tower that yet stands intact - a mournful monument of tyranny . Numerous high officials were entrusted with the work of build- ing the tower and ...
... leaving to posterity a substantial memento of his reign , built the famous Pekin Bell - Tower that yet stands intact - a mournful monument of tyranny . Numerous high officials were entrusted with the work of build- ing the tower and ...
Page 18
... leaving her a considerable sum of money - about $ 15,000 -in trust of an aunt who was supposed to act as her guardian until she should marry or arrive at a certain age . Sêou Jae was not only young , but a beauty of the most rare type ...
... leaving her a considerable sum of money - about $ 15,000 -in trust of an aunt who was supposed to act as her guardian until she should marry or arrive at a certain age . Sêou Jae was not only young , but a beauty of the most rare type ...
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... Leaving the house , I strolled leisurely along , adopting the peculiar swaggering gait of the Chinese , so as not to attract notice , and joined Ah Shun at the appointed rendezvous , he having arrived first . We now passed through the ...
... Leaving the house , I strolled leisurely along , adopting the peculiar swaggering gait of the Chinese , so as not to attract notice , and joined Ah Shun at the appointed rendezvous , he having arrived first . We now passed through the ...
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... leaving . The price of opium varies greatly , according to quality , from 8 to 18 dollars a pound . The native opium grown in China , is generally considered the most inferior , and the Indian opium , especially Malwa and Patna , the ...
... leaving . The price of opium varies greatly , according to quality , from 8 to 18 dollars a pound . The native opium grown in China , is generally considered the most inferior , and the Indian opium , especially Malwa and Patna , the ...
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... leaving us amongst a forest of smoke - begrimed chimneys , anxiously awaiting the issue . It was a clear starlight night , but fortunately the moon had not yet risen . We were not kept long in suspense , for he soon reappeared ...
... leaving us amongst a forest of smoke - begrimed chimneys , anxiously awaiting the issue . It was a clear starlight night , but fortunately the moon had not yet risen . We were not kept long in suspense , for he soon reappeared ...
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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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