Points and pickings of information about China and the Chinese, by the author of 'Soldiers and sailors'.1844 |
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... four thou- sand walled cities , you will hardly expect me to be familiar with all of them . If I have made myself acquainted with one half the number , you will allow that some credit is due to me ; and if you will make yourself well ...
... four thou- sand walled cities , you will hardly expect me to be familiar with all of them . If I have made myself acquainted with one half the number , you will allow that some credit is due to me ; and if you will make yourself well ...
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... four bats , and Chinese bird of royalty ; the golden dome ; the sparkling glass pagoda ; the bamboo couches ; the splendid canopy ; and the stained - glass skylight , where the Chinese mytho- logical God of Thunder is represented in ...
... four bats , and Chinese bird of royalty ; the golden dome ; the sparkling glass pagoda ; the bamboo couches ; the splendid canopy ; and the stained - glass skylight , where the Chinese mytho- logical God of Thunder is represented in ...
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... four thousand , but it is now getting po- pulous , for the natives from Cowloon , or Kowlung , a town opposite , on the main land , are flocking there in great numbers . The people , some time ago , were thought to be not less than ...
... four thousand , but it is now getting po- pulous , for the natives from Cowloon , or Kowlung , a town opposite , on the main land , are flocking there in great numbers . The people , some time ago , were thought to be not less than ...
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... four broad , with a deck and a cane roof over the middle of it . These boats are just the very things for your sketch - books . Well , the tanka - boats will take you to the shore ; the Chinese coolies , or porters , will rush MACAO ...
... four broad , with a deck and a cane roof over the middle of it . These boats are just the very things for your sketch - books . Well , the tanka - boats will take you to the shore ; the Chinese coolies , or porters , will rush MACAO ...
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... fours , as in duty they're bound , And solemnly bump their bald heads on the ground . 27 There ! you have sailed some fifteen or sixteen thousand miles ; you have weathered a storm at sea ; you have seen a little of the wide world ; you ...
... fours , as in duty they're bound , And solemnly bump their bald heads on the ground . 27 There ! you have sailed some fifteen or sixteen thousand miles ; you have weathered a storm at sea ; you have seen a little of the wide world ; you ...
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