The Mystic Flowery Land: A Personal NarrativeLuzac, 1896 - 231 pages |
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... THOUSAND ROCKS " TEMPLE . AMOY .. Frontispiece PAGE . 4 8 18 20 22 28 30- 36 38 50 60 62 76 77 78 94 103 · 104 106 108 126 132 138 162 164 165 177 182 188 192 194 196 202 206 218 do . 221 23 WESTERN ENTRANCE TO " THOUSAND ROCKS " TEMPLE ...
... THOUSAND ROCKS " TEMPLE . AMOY .. Frontispiece PAGE . 4 8 18 20 22 28 30- 36 38 50 60 62 76 77 78 94 103 · 104 106 108 126 132 138 162 164 165 177 182 188 192 194 196 202 206 218 do . 221 23 WESTERN ENTRANCE TO " THOUSAND ROCKS " TEMPLE ...
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... thousands of years ago ; and her forefathers knew about them , and the world was very different then , and the people were very good and duteous in those days . Thus she moralized , and she became quite inspired while impressively ...
... thousands of years ago ; and her forefathers knew about them , and the world was very different then , and the people were very good and duteous in those days . Thus she moralized , and she became quite inspired while impressively ...
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... thousand years ago the traveller in this great archaic city - then the capital of the Kingdom of Wu - traversed the same cobble - stone pavements of to - day , and paused to admire , with reverent awe , the palatial halls and palaces ...
... thousand years ago the traveller in this great archaic city - then the capital of the Kingdom of Wu - traversed the same cobble - stone pavements of to - day , and paused to admire , with reverent awe , the palatial halls and palaces ...
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... thousand cash . But be not cruel ; perform your errand well , And then return to claim your welcome prize . " And in the silence of the night they met , And Uko heard the child had breathed her last . With grave misgivings , he then ...
... thousand cash . But be not cruel ; perform your errand well , And then return to claim your welcome prize . " And in the silence of the night they met , And Uko heard the child had breathed her last . With grave misgivings , he then ...
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... thousand of which go to a dollar . It was a quiet and homely picture of Eastern life , and reminded . me of the old pastoral scenes in the Holy Land . All seemed to wear the russet hue of indisputable antiquity , and the mule - bells ...
... thousand of which go to a dollar . It was a quiet and homely picture of Eastern life , and reminded . me of the old pastoral scenes in the Holy Land . All seemed to wear the russet hue of indisputable antiquity , and the mule - bells ...
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