 | Great Britain - 1795 - 916 pages
...inhabitants of the Philippines, bend their body very low, in placing their hands on their cheeks, and railing at the fame time one foot in the air, with their knee...takes the robe of another, and ties it about his own wailc, fo that he leaves his friend half naked. This cuftom of undreffing on thefe occa. fions takes... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - Anecdotes - 1698 - 830 pages
...inhabitants of the Philippines bend their body very low, in placing their hands on their cheeks, and taifing at the fame time one foot in the air with their knee...takes the robe of another, and ties it about his own waift, fo that he leaves his friend half naked. This cuftorn of undreffing on thefe occafions takes... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - English literature - 1807 - 606 pages
...attitude ; they bend their body very low, place their hands on their cheeks, and raise at the same time one foot in the air with their knee bent. An...takes the robe of another, and ties it about his own waist, so that he leaves his friend half naked. This custom of undressing on these occasions takes... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - Literature - 1824 - 536 pages
...attitude ; they bend their body very low, place their hands on their cheeks, and raise at the same time one foot in the air with their knee bent. An...takes the robe of another, and ties it about his own waist, so that he leaves his friend half naked. This custom of undressing on these occasions takes... | |
 | William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1827 - 394 pages
...Philippines bend very low, placing their hands on their cheeks, and raise one foot in the air, with the knee bent. An Ethiopian takes the robe of another and ties it about him, so as to leave liis friend almost naked. 185 THE TABLE BOOK. The Japanese take off a slipper,... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 424 pages
...Philippines hend their body very low, in placing their hands on their cheeks, and raising at the same lime one foot in the air, with their knee bent. An Ethiopian...takes the robe of another, and ties it about his own waist, so that he leaves his friend half naked. Sometimes men place themselves naked before the person... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 814 pages
...Philippines bend their body very low, in placing their hands on their cheeks, and raising at the same time one foot in the air, with their knee bent. An Ethiopian lakes the robe of another, and ties it about his own waist, so that he leaves his friend half naked.... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - English literature - 1834 - 394 pages
...attitude ; they bend their body very low, place their hands on their cheeks, and raise at the same time one foot in the air with their knee bent. An...takes the robe of another, and ties it about his own waist, so that he leaves his friend half naked. This custom of undressing on these occasions takes... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - Authors - 1835 - 474 pages
...they bend their body very low .place theirhandson their cheeks, and raise at the same time one fool in the air with their knee bent. An Ethiopian takes the robe of another, and ties it about his own waist, so that he leaves his friend half naked. This custom of undressing on these occasions takes... | |
 | William Hone - Days - 1835 - 924 pages
...Philippines bend very low, placing their hands on their cheeks, and raise one foot in the air, with the knee bent. An Ethiopian takes the robe of another and ties it about him, so as to leave his friend almost naked. The Japanese take off a slipper, and the people of Atracan... | |
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The inhabitants of the Philippines use a most complex attitude ; they bend their body very low, place their hands on their cheeks, and raise at the same time one foot in the air with their knee bent. An Ethiopian takes the robe of another, and ties it... 
