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... parents , set light to some leaves of a plant put on O'Shu's back to burn him in many places , and she gave him very little fish to eat , and grudged him even rice ; neither would she give him pence to get a bath nor have his hair ...
... parents , set light to some leaves of a plant put on O'Shu's back to burn him in many places , and she gave him very little fish to eat , and grudged him even rice ; neither would she give him pence to get a bath nor have his hair ...
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... parents holding the tray to his forehead , and then , in further token of respect prostrating himself till his forehead touched the soft grass - woven mat , he respectfully presented to his unamiable step - mother the desired delicacy ...
... parents holding the tray to his forehead , and then , in further token of respect prostrating himself till his forehead touched the soft grass - woven mat , he respectfully presented to his unamiable step - mother the desired delicacy ...
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... parents and children , and a black piece of charcoal , whose name is a pun on our homestead . " " But best of all , " says Yoshsan , " I like the seaweed ' Hontawara , ' for it tells me of our brave Queen Jingo Kogo , who , lest the ...
... parents and children , and a black piece of charcoal , whose name is a pun on our homestead . " " But best of all , " says Yoshsan , " I like the seaweed ' Hontawara , ' for it tells me of our brave Queen Jingo Kogo , who , lest the ...
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... parents , ate their evening bowl of rice and saltfish , said a prayer and burnt a stick of incense to many - armed Buddha at the family altar , spread their cotton - wadded quilts , rested their dear little shaved heads , with quaint ...
... parents , ate their evening bowl of rice and saltfish , said a prayer and burnt a stick of incense to many - armed Buddha at the family altar , spread their cotton - wadded quilts , rested their dear little shaved heads , with quaint ...
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... parents walked some miles into the country to hire labourers . The junk was hauled up a little dis- tance on the beach , and the good folks , not doubting its safety , left it there without fastening it in any way . Well the children ...
... parents walked some miles into the country to hire labourers . The junk was hauled up a little dis- tance on the beach , and the good folks , not doubting its safety , left it there without fastening it in any way . Well the children ...
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amusement Author ball bamboo BARBARA HUTTON beautiful bevelled boards Calf or Morocco called cards CAYZER charcoal child Chrysanthemum clogs cloth elegant Coloured CONNAUGHT RANGERS COPY BOOKS crown 8vo DARNELL Daruma daughter delight dogs dolls dress ECHIGO Eighth Thousand English face father Fcap festival Figures filial piety fish FISHSAVE flowers French Morocco Frontispiece Gallant Deeds Garuta Genji gilt edges girls GRAMMAR GRIFFITH AND FARRAN hair hand Harrison Weir Hashiba Hideyoshi head HISTORY imitated Iroha Japan Japanese children junk KANGURA Kioto kites Kogo lacquered lady Large Text limp live looked mask morocco antique mother NEEDLEWORK night O'Shu OLIVER GOLDSMITH paper parents parsley picture piece play Plumblossom Post 8vo PRAYER Queen rice rice-fields scarlet Schools scrap-book Sewed shoes shuttlecock snake snow-man SPORTS OF JAPANESE stilts story string tail Tale temple throw toys traveller Tsuneyori turtle Uranai whilst wooden wrestlers Yoshsan young
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