The Mystic Flowery Land: A Personal NarrativeLuzac, 1896 - 231 pages |
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... side of her 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 ...
... side of her 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 ...
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... sides on long bamboo boat - hooks and ropes , like a troop of demor- alised monkeys , jabbering , yelling ... side at the rope's end . But in spite of the fast descending blows and the suddenness of his despatch , he smilingly ...
... sides on long bamboo boat - hooks and ropes , like a troop of demor- alised monkeys , jabbering , yelling ... side at the rope's end . But in spite of the fast descending blows and the suddenness of his despatch , he smilingly ...
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... sides of the fairly broad thoroughfare . The sun had now gone down , and darkness had - as it always does in tropical ... side were shops , each one with its long black , red or gold signboard , with the proprietor's " honourable name ...
... sides of the fairly broad thoroughfare . The sun had now gone down , and darkness had - as it always does in tropical ... side were shops , each one with its long black , red or gold signboard , with the proprietor's " honourable name ...
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... sides of the swaying vehicle with considerable interest , expecting every moment to be precipitated into the muddy creek or shot into the air to alight among the topmost branches of the beautiful trees that appeared on either side , and ...
... sides of the swaying vehicle with considerable interest , expecting every moment to be precipitated into the muddy creek or shot into the air to alight among the topmost branches of the beautiful trees that appeared on either side , and ...
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... side . of the globe . In proof of this assertion , he proudly handed me a most ancient and dilapidated English document , from a perusal of which I learnt that a certain Mr. Smith had sold one How Shin an elderly donkey for the sum of ...
... side . of the globe . In proof of this assertion , he proudly handed me a most ancient and dilapidated English document , from a perusal of which I learnt that a certain Mr. Smith had sold one How Shin an elderly donkey for the sum of ...
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