The Mystic Flowery Land: A Personal NarrativeLuzac, 1896 - 231 pages |
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... WESTERN ENTRANCE TO " THOUSAND ROCKS " TEMPLE ... 24 ANOTHER VIEW OF " THOUSAND ROCKS " TEMPLE . 25 THE " FAIRY'S FOOT TEMPLE " . AMOY . 26 27 28 29 6 . EXECUTION OF NAMOA " PIRATES . AFTER THE EXECUTION .. WATER - BUFFALOES ENTRANCE TO ...
... WESTERN ENTRANCE TO " THOUSAND ROCKS " TEMPLE ... 24 ANOTHER VIEW OF " THOUSAND ROCKS " TEMPLE . 25 THE " FAIRY'S FOOT TEMPLE " . AMOY . 26 27 28 29 6 . EXECUTION OF NAMOA " PIRATES . AFTER THE EXECUTION .. WATER - BUFFALOES ENTRANCE TO ...
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... Western civilization is slowly working beneficial changes in the domestic life of the Chinese ; and in many Christian households the women enjoy - if not as much freedom as those of western nations - quite as much respect . The ...
... Western civilization is slowly working beneficial changes in the domestic life of the Chinese ; and in many Christian households the women enjoy - if not as much freedom as those of western nations - quite as much respect . The ...
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... Western world . Regarding the Chinese , I have never allowed caste , family , prejudice , or advice to interfere with my feelings . I have always and shall ever continue to love them ; not nationally but individu- ally ; and am honoured ...
... Western world . Regarding the Chinese , I have never allowed caste , family , prejudice , or advice to interfere with my feelings . I have always and shall ever continue to love them ; not nationally but individu- ally ; and am honoured ...
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... western romancers . As Ah Shun had arranged to meet in this place a somewhat notorious malefactor whom he had employed in this case , as is the custom with detectives , who firmly believe in the proverb " set a thief to catch a thief ...
... western romancers . As Ah Shun had arranged to meet in this place a somewhat notorious malefactor whom he had employed in this case , as is the custom with detectives , who firmly believe in the proverb " set a thief to catch a thief ...
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... Western nations . The poorer classes who cannot afford to buy metal hubble- bubble pipes make bamboo ones , or merely use the ordinary long , short , crooked , or straight stemmed pipes , perhaps ornamented with an embroidered tobacco ...
... Western nations . The poorer classes who cannot afford to buy metal hubble- bubble pipes make bamboo ones , or merely use the ordinary long , short , crooked , or straight stemmed pipes , perhaps ornamented with an embroidered tobacco ...
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