The Mystic Flowery Land: A Personal NarrativeLuzac, 1896 - 231 pages |
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... lived to hear its sonorous sound , like the cry of a human voice - a voice - repeating the word hsich ( shoe . ) In the sounding of that bell is to be heard - even to this day - poor Ko - ai calling for her shoe ! GRINDING RICE . H REE ...
... lived to hear its sonorous sound , like the cry of a human voice - a voice - repeating the word hsich ( shoe . ) In the sounding of that bell is to be heard - even to this day - poor Ko - ai calling for her shoe ! GRINDING RICE . H REE ...
Page 20
... lived near the east gate of the Chinese city . On entering the ill - kept house of her relative , the old woman , much to the annoyance and dismay of Sêou Jâe , gave us a very cool reception . I at once entertained grave doubts as to ...
... lived near the east gate of the Chinese city . On entering the ill - kept house of her relative , the old woman , much to the annoyance and dismay of Sêou Jâe , gave us a very cool reception . I at once entertained grave doubts as to ...
Page 23
... lived in a very nice house , with her two female attendants , in the Nankin Road , seemed very dispirited , and like myself , fore- shadowed calamity . But I thought it was merely her nervous fancy when she said that two or three ...
... lived in a very nice house , with her two female attendants , in the Nankin Road , seemed very dispirited , and like myself , fore- shadowed calamity . But I thought it was merely her nervous fancy when she said that two or three ...
Page 68
... lived so long and seen so much that everything you said reminded him forcibly of something that had occurred before you were born , or that he had heard or experienced years and years ago , and it evoked a fresh narration of facts ...
... lived so long and seen so much that everything you said reminded him forcibly of something that had occurred before you were born , or that he had heard or experienced years and years ago , and it evoked a fresh narration of facts ...
Page 81
... lived and died , and , lying down at the foot of a hill , with his fore paws folded and extended , and his face turned heavenward , in this position he calmly and decorously breathes his age - honoured life away . Fairy foxes , or " Hu ...
... lived and died , and , lying down at the foot of a hill , with his fore paws folded and extended , and his face turned heavenward , in this position he calmly and decorously breathes his age - honoured life away . Fairy foxes , or " Hu ...
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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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