The Mystic Flowery Land: A Personal NarrativeLuzac, 1896 - 231 pages |
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Page 11
... residents in the Far East . The Chinese " boy , " I must tell you , is an individual different . in many rspects to most mortals . There hardly exists a foreigner out there who has not now , or has not had at some former time , one whom ...
... residents in the Far East . The Chinese " boy , " I must tell you , is an individual different . in many rspects to most mortals . There hardly exists a foreigner out there who has not now , or has not had at some former time , one whom ...
Page 59
... residents sometimes enjoy a little skating . As the year draws to a close your servants become more polite and attentive than usual - for the New Year is approaching ; and they now live in happy expectation of a good cumshaw ( present ) ...
... residents sometimes enjoy a little skating . As the year draws to a close your servants become more polite and attentive than usual - for the New Year is approaching ; and they now live in happy expectation of a good cumshaw ( present ) ...
Page 73
... residents from the Southern ports who have very appropriately denominated it " The Brighton of China . " The proper name of Chefoo is Yentai , and , as a writer says , " the city actually designated by the Treaty of Tientsin as that to ...
... residents from the Southern ports who have very appropriately denominated it " The Brighton of China . " The proper name of Chefoo is Yentai , and , as a writer says , " the city actually designated by the Treaty of Tientsin as that to ...
Page 76
... residents to some jagged rocks in the vicinity of the " Forty - le - Beach , " where the body lay . The dead man's rings had been taken off this had evidently been done before decomposition set in - his gold watch and chain were gone ...
... residents to some jagged rocks in the vicinity of the " Forty - le - Beach , " where the body lay . The dead man's rings had been taken off this had evidently been done before decomposition set in - his gold watch and chain were gone ...
Page 93
... residents , who lived in a safer place , and further from the town than I did , had a very narrow escape . As it was , they took to the Customs boats , but the rebels were intercepted by the Taotai and his troops , and were driven back ...
... residents , who lived in a safer place , and further from the town than I did , had a very narrow escape . As it was , they took to the Customs boats , but the rebels were intercepted by the Taotai and his troops , and were driven back ...
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