 | William Frederick Mayers - China - 1874 - 470 pages
...sooner had he tasted it than he " became oblivious of hunger and thirst." After some time had elapsed one of the players said : " It is long since you came here ; yon should go home now ! " whereupon Wang Chih, proceeding to pick up his axe, found that its handle... | |
 | Nicholas Belfield Dennys - Social Science - 1876 - 190 pages
...sooner had he tasted it than ' he became oblivious of hunger and thirst.' After some time had elapsed, one of the players said, "It is long since you came here, you should go home now!" whereupon Wang Chih proceeding to pick up his aie found that its handle had... | |
 | sir Augustus Wollaston Franks - 1878 - 322 pages
...he entered a cave in which some aged men were playing at chess. He laid down his axe, and looked 011 at the game ; one of the players handed him something...STATUETTE. White Chinese porcelain ; a goddess standing on clouds and supporting in her folded arms a roll, her hands covered with drapery ; at her side a small... | |
 | Richard Folkard - Botany - 1884 - 660 pages
...Datestone, telling him to put it into his mouth. This done, he ceased to feel hunger or thirst. By-and-bye, one of the players said : " It is long since you came here — return at once." Wang Chih went to take up his axe, and found the handle had mouldered into dust.... | |
 | Edwin Sidney Hartland - Fairy tales - 1891 - 402 pages
...his mouth. No sooner had he done so than hunger and thirst passed away. After some time had elapsed one of the players said : " It is long since you came here ; you should go home now." Wang Chih accordingly pro1 Grohmann, pp. 29, 289, 296, 298 ; Miiller, p.... | |
 | Pausanias - Greece - 1898 - 678 pages
...his mouth. No sooner had he tasted it than he became oblivious of hunger and thirst. After some time one of the players said, "It is long since you came here, you should go home now," whereupon Wang Chih attempted to pick up his axe, but found that its handle... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - Discoveries in science - 1901 - 1060 pages
...sooner had he tasted it than he became oblivious of hunger and thirst. After some time had elapsed one of the players said: ' It is long since you came here; you should go home now.' Whereupon Wang Chih proceeding to pick up his ax found that its handle had... | |
 | William Giuseppi Gulland - Porcelain - 1902 - 572 pages
...sooner had he tasted it than he 'became oblivious of hunger and thirst.' After some time had elapsed, one of the players said, ' It is long since you came here. You should go home now ! ' whereupon Wang Chih, proceeding to pick up his axe, found that its handle... | |
 | William Giuseppe Gulland - Porcelain - 1911 - 566 pages
...sooner had he tasted it than he ' became oblivious of hunger and thirst.' After some time had elapsed, one of the players said, . It is long since you came here. You should go home now ! ' whereupon Wang Chih, proceeding to pick up his axe, found that its handle... | |
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... like a datestone, telling him to put it into his mouth. No sooner had he tasted it than he became oblivious of hunger and thirst. After some time had elapsed, one of the players said : ' It is long since you came here you should go home now ! ' whereupon... 
