Points and pickings of information about China and the Chinese, by the author of 'Soldiers and sailors'.1844 |
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... pass by the Pavilion , the Sedan scene , the lanterns , the model boats and war junks , the screens , porcelain , carvings , paintings , fans , and " ten thousand Chinese things " besides , all worth an individual attention , without ...
... pass by the Pavilion , the Sedan scene , the lanterns , the model boats and war junks , the screens , porcelain , carvings , paintings , fans , and " ten thousand Chinese things " besides , all worth an individual attention , without ...
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... through the London post - office- hardly need I say , that the number passing through the post office at Hong Kong on the same day was not quite so great . The buildings - - TOWN OF HONG KONG . 15 belonging to the Morrison.
... through the London post - office- hardly need I say , that the number passing through the post office at Hong Kong on the same day was not quite so great . The buildings - - TOWN OF HONG KONG . 15 belonging to the Morrison.
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... passes through a refining process before it is used for smoking , and is often mixed up with different kinds of conserves . The Opium sold in England is frequently much adulterated . By the refining process an extract is obtained , of ...
... passes through a refining process before it is used for smoking , and is often mixed up with different kinds of conserves . The Opium sold in England is frequently much adulterated . By the refining process an extract is obtained , of ...
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... pass the bounds of reason . Impotent and worthless that you are , what sort of heart is contained within your breast ? Not only do you content- edly take in their threats and insults , but you even dare to hold up certain passages with ...
... pass the bounds of reason . Impotent and worthless that you are , what sort of heart is contained within your breast ? Not only do you content- edly take in their threats and insults , but you even dare to hold up certain passages with ...
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... pass away than it is succeeded by another . How are they fed and clothed , and where do they lodge ? -are questions that rise in the mind of every stranger . The crowd is visible by day , but how do they of whom it is composed dispose ...
... pass away than it is succeeded by another . How are they fed and clothed , and where do they lodge ? -are questions that rise in the mind of every stranger . The crowd is visible by day , but how do they of whom it is composed dispose ...
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