Sketches in and Around Shanghai, Etc.. |
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... stick - just like a chopstick or a pencil ; while he is beating slowly with the right hand , he has two oblong pieces of rosewood in the left hand , and beats them by shaking his hand , one piece being held firmly and the other loosely ...
... stick - just like a chopstick or a pencil ; while he is beating slowly with the right hand , he has two oblong pieces of rosewood in the left hand , and beats them by shaking his hand , one piece being held firmly and the other loosely ...
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... stick he wielded in his right ; this old man shuffled about so listlessly that in spite of the tremendous noise he seemed to be half asleep . Occasionally , when there was a cessation in the uproar , some of the bandsmen enjoyed a smoke ...
... stick he wielded in his right ; this old man shuffled about so listlessly that in spite of the tremendous noise he seemed to be half asleep . Occasionally , when there was a cessation in the uproar , some of the bandsmen enjoyed a smoke ...
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... stick in his right hand . The thief pretended to be unaware of their presence , and the ghosts moved about the stage , touching the tip of the old rogue's nose with the leather ball of the drumstick , which made the thief sneeze and ...
... stick in his right hand . The thief pretended to be unaware of their presence , and the ghosts moved about the stage , touching the tip of the old rogue's nose with the leather ball of the drumstick , which made the thief sneeze and ...
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... stick slowly backward and forward under the chair , we tried to stretch our imagination as much as possible , but were unable to guess what she was supposed to be doing . Oh , her husband was a blacksmith , our Chinese friend told us ...
... stick slowly backward and forward under the chair , we tried to stretch our imagination as much as possible , but were unable to guess what she was supposed to be doing . Oh , her husband was a blacksmith , our Chinese friend told us ...
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... sticking it into the earth , and once more went on the walk round . He was a fraud , and though the Celestials might ... sticks , and other paraphernalia ; and all round about there were eager observers , listening to the wonderful man ...
... sticking it into the earth , and once more went on the walk round . He was a fraud , and though the Celestials might ... sticks , and other paraphernalia ; and all round about there were eager observers , listening to the wonderful man ...
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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.