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... question if the flint and steel could be made to strike fire in this way . However , we will not try the experiment , but clear out the infernal machines and destroy them with all possible speed . " " That you had better do , Captain ...
... question if the flint and steel could be made to strike fire in this way . However , we will not try the experiment , but clear out the infernal machines and destroy them with all possible speed . " " That you had better do , Captain ...
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... question was where to take her to a place of safety , as it was impossible to enter the city . The chair - bearers knew of a Buddhist nunnery not far off , so it was agreed that she should be carried there . On arrival at the place the ...
... question was where to take her to a place of safety , as it was impossible to enter the city . The chair - bearers knew of a Buddhist nunnery not far off , so it was agreed that she should be carried there . On arrival at the place the ...
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... , not in the least discon- certed , but without replying . " Do you belong to a nunnery ? " was my first question . " I do , " she said " the nunnery of our Blessed Lady , the Goddess Kwan - yin . " " I want to find such a place , not.
... , not in the least discon- certed , but without replying . " Do you belong to a nunnery ? " was my first question . " I do , " she said " the nunnery of our Blessed Lady , the Goddess Kwan - yin . " " I want to find such a place , not.
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... questions put by the interpreters . He was dressed in a long purple damasked silk robe , with a round dragon flowered piece of embroidery on each shoulder , breast , and back , and on his head he wore the winter official cap , but with ...
... questions put by the interpreters . He was dressed in a long purple damasked silk robe , with a round dragon flowered piece of embroidery on each shoulder , breast , and back , and on his head he wore the winter official cap , but with ...
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... question my fair lady as to her antecedents . I observed that the speaker named both father and daughter without prefixing the family surname Loo . This is the custom among relatives , just as in Europe In we use Christian names among ...
... question my fair lady as to her antecedents . I observed that the speaker named both father and daughter without prefixing the family surname Loo . This is the custom among relatives , just as in Europe In we use Christian names among ...
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