Yedo and Peking, a narrative of a journey1863 |
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... common people have a poor and mean appearance , there are some of considerable pre- tensions . Curiously enough , the largest and most notable buildings in the town , if we except the palace of the Governor , are what are called tea ...
... common people have a poor and mean appearance , there are some of considerable pre- tensions . Curiously enough , the largest and most notable buildings in the town , if we except the palace of the Governor , are what are called tea ...
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... common people for honest women , the guilt of their past lives being by no means laid to their charge , but to that of their parents or relations who sold them in their infancy for so scandalous a way of getting a livelihood.
... common people for honest women , the guilt of their past lives being by no means laid to their charge , but to that of their parents or relations who sold them in their infancy for so scandalous a way of getting a livelihood.
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... common in Japan . The streets have gates thrown across them at certain places , and these are always closed at night ; and , in the case of any disturbance , during the day , should occasion require it . Behind the town , on the hill ...
... common in Japan . The streets have gates thrown across them at certain places , and these are always closed at night ; and , in the case of any disturbance , during the day , should occasion require it . Behind the town , on the hill ...
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... common neces- saries of life seemed to be abundant everywhere . Amongst fruits I observed the Diospyros kaki , pears , oranges , Salisburia nuts , chesnuts , water melons , acorns , & c . The vegetables consisted of carrots , onions ...
... common neces- saries of life seemed to be abundant everywhere . Amongst fruits I observed the Diospyros kaki , pears , oranges , Salisburia nuts , chesnuts , water melons , acorns , & c . The vegetables consisted of carrots , onions ...
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... common tree on all the hill - sides . The latter is often used as a fence round gardens , and a very pretty one it makes . When I first saw it used for this purpose , it struck me that something of the same kind might be done with it at ...
... common tree on all the hill - sides . The latter is often used as a fence round gardens , and a very pretty one it makes . When I first saw it used for this purpose , it struck me that something of the same kind might be done with it at ...
Términos y frases comunes
Alcock already amongst appearance arrived Aucuba beautiful bloom Buddhist capital CHAP China Chinese collection colour covered crops crowd cultivation curious Daimios Damaster doubt Emperor England English Europe Fcap feet flowers foreign gale gardens Government ground hill-sides hills Hiogo History horses houses Imperial highway Inland Sea islands Japan Japanese japonica journey Kamakura Kanagawa kind ladies land leaves Legation look Majesty's Mikado miles Minister morning mountains Nagasaki natives night Nipon noticed observed Osaca passed Pei-ho Peking Pinus Massoniana plants port Portrait Post 8vo present pretty priests Prince remarkable residence rice valleys road saki scene scenery Second Edition seen Shanghae ship shops shores shrubs side species strait streets suburbs tea-houses temple Third Edition Thousand Thujopsis dolabrata Tien-tsin tion town trade travellers treaty trees Tycoon valleys variegated villages Vols Weigela winter Woodcuts woods yakoneens Yedo Yokuhama СНАР
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