The Mystic Flowery Land: A Personal NarrativeLuzac, 1896 - 231 pages |
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... soon descried a straggling town that comprised several whitewashed buildings , above which the tricoloured French flag was flying . Here I saw the first Celestial it had ever been my fortune to behold in the archaic land and comely ...
... soon descried a straggling town that comprised several whitewashed buildings , above which the tricoloured French flag was flying . Here I saw the first Celestial it had ever been my fortune to behold in the archaic land and comely ...
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... soon passed - with their unwieldy - looking lateen sails , their shroudless , raking masts , high , gaudily - embel- lished sterns , and low eyed - bows . No junk would be complete , or even tenable , without the large ogling eyes on ...
... soon passed - with their unwieldy - looking lateen sails , their shroudless , raking masts , high , gaudily - embel- lished sterns , and low eyed - bows . No junk would be complete , or even tenable , without the large ogling eyes on ...
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... soon came to the conclusion that the Chinese are , and always have been , and will be to the end of all time , a desperately queer lot . And , as will be seen , my swift - footed ricksha - man was by no means an exception to the ...
... soon came to the conclusion that the Chinese are , and always have been , and will be to the end of all time , a desperately queer lot . And , as will be seen , my swift - footed ricksha - man was by no means an exception to the ...
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... soon found in the person of my frisky acquaintance of the previous night , who seemed highly elated at the prospect of this unexpected rise in life . Indeed he cut some very queer capers when admiring the new white - braided clothes I ...
... soon found in the person of my frisky acquaintance of the previous night , who seemed highly elated at the prospect of this unexpected rise in life . Indeed he cut some very queer capers when admiring the new white - braided clothes I ...
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... soon , however , to find consolation in the fond and hopeful words of his loving daughter , who gave him fresh courage and determination to surmount the difficulty . Two more months passed uneventfully away . Again the citizens gathered ...
... soon , however , to find consolation in the fond and hopeful words of his loving daughter , who gave him fresh courage and determination to surmount the difficulty . Two more months passed uneventfully away . Again the citizens gathered ...
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