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... latter was singing of his exploits ; the thief fainted and fell down , and the master and mistress of the house were screaming with terror , while the band played their level best ; the ghosts then exhibited their muscular power by ...
... latter was singing of his exploits ; the thief fainted and fell down , and the master and mistress of the house were screaming with terror , while the band played their level best ; the ghosts then exhibited their muscular power by ...
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... latter knew the labyrinth of the City streets as well as a London hansom cab - driver knows the way from Cheapside to Piccadilly , and the other , who acted as interpreter , was a highly intelligent Chinese gentleman , educated at Yale ...
... latter knew the labyrinth of the City streets as well as a London hansom cab - driver knows the way from Cheapside to Piccadilly , and the other , who acted as interpreter , was a highly intelligent Chinese gentleman , educated at Yale ...
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... latter tabled another five cash , and was determined to hear more of his fortune , at any expense . When we had passed the fortune - teller we came within sight of the " garden " where most of the shows were being held . There were ...
... latter tabled another five cash , and was determined to hear more of his fortune , at any expense . When we had passed the fortune - teller we came within sight of the " garden " where most of the shows were being held . There were ...
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... latter is a large and lofty hall , and from the floor to the roof full of idols and tablets . In external appearance the building is of the ordinary Chinese style , with ornamental roof and turned up corners ; there are numerous ...
... latter is a large and lofty hall , and from the floor to the roof full of idols and tablets . In external appearance the building is of the ordinary Chinese style , with ornamental roof and turned up corners ; there are numerous ...
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... latter conducted us over the cells . The " head thief , " is the oldest prisoner , not in years , but in crime ; he had been convicted of some offence and put in a long time as a prisoner before he got promoted to be " head thief ...
... latter conducted us over the cells . The " head thief , " is the oldest prisoner , not in years , but in crime ; he had been convicted of some offence and put in a long time as a prisoner before he got promoted to be " head thief ...
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acid amahs amongst appearance Assessor bamboo birds boat brick bridge building called carried cash Celestial chain-gang chair Chên China Chinaman Chinese Chinkiang chow chow compositors corner covered creek crowd curious English feet fellow flags Foochow Road Foreign Settlements four front gambling Gate gong hand Hankow head heathen Chinee hills Hongkew houses huge hundred inside jinricsha coolie junks Kiukiang Langshan large number look Magistrate mandarins miles Mixed Court Nanking native night opium Oriental Telephone Company ornamental pagoda painted passed passengers Peking pidgin piece poles police port prisoners raft range right bank river rock roof round runners sedan chair seen Shanghai shouting side signboard specimens stand station steamer stick street tablets Taotai Temple thing treaty port trees umbrella vehicle walk wall wheelbarrow wooden Woosung Road Wuhu yamên YANG-TSZE-KIANG Yangtze
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Page 63 - Not in vain the distance beacons. Forward, forward let us range, Let the great world spin for ever down the ringing grooves of change.
Page 4 - By and by we hear news of shipwreck in the same place, and then we are to blame if we accept it not for a rock. Upon the back of that comes out a hideous monster with fire and smoke, and then the miserable beholders are bound to take it for a cave.
Page 4 - By and by, we hear news of shipwreck in the same place, and then we are to blame if we accept it not for a rock. Upon the back of that comes out a hideous monster, with fire and smoke, and then the miserable beholders arc bound to take it for a cave. While, in the mean time, two armies fly in, represented with four swords and bucklers, and then what hard heart will not receive it for a pitched field ? Now, of time they are much more liberal, for ordinary it is that two young princes fall in love.
Page 164 - When the devil was sick the devil a saint would be " When the devil was well the devil a saint was he...
Page 159 - Yang-tz', nearly a mile in •width ; from the west, and skirting the northern edge of the range of hills already mentioned, comes the river Han, narrow and canal-like, to add its quota, and serving as one of the highways of the country ; and to the northwest and north is an extensive treeless flat, so little elevated above the river that the scattered hamlets which dot its surface are without exception raised on mounds, probably artificial •works of a now distant age. A stream or two traverse...
Page 159 - Hanyang, a spectator looks down on almost as much water as land even when the rivers are low. At his feet sweeps the magnificent Yangtsze, nearly a mile in width ; from the west, and skirting the northern edge of the range of hills already mentioned, comes the river Han, narrow and canal-like, to add...
Page 136 - And I assure you this river flows so far and traverses so many countries and cities that in good sooth there pass and repass on its waters a great number of vessels, and more wealth and merchandize than on all the rivers and all the seas- of Christendom put together!
Page 136 - And you must know that this city stands on the greatest river in the world, the name of which is KIAN. It is in some places ten miles wide, in others eight, in others six, and it is more than 100 days' journey in length from one end to the other.
Page 136 - Boundless is the Ocean, bottomless the Kiang ! " NOTE 3. — " The assertion that there is a greater amount of tonnage belonging to the Chinese than to all other nations combined, does not appear overcharged to those who have seen the swarms of boats on their rivers, though it might not be found strictly true.