Glimpses of Tokyo: Real Conversations for SchoolsSankaido, 1907 - 80 pages |
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... piece ; please pay for both of us . T Don't trouble , Never mind , you needn't pay . sir , I have a book of tickets , B. But you must allow me to pay , Tanaka , you are too kind - hearted . I should be REAL CONVERSATIONS . In the.
... piece ; please pay for both of us . T Don't trouble , Never mind , you needn't pay . sir , I have a book of tickets , B. But you must allow me to pay , Tanaka , you are too kind - hearted . I should be REAL CONVERSATIONS . In the.
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... never heard before : — " Once a baker visited a travelling mena- gerie or wild beast show in England . Now this baker thought himself a very clever fellow . But he was too clever . When the elephant put out his trunk for something to ...
... never heard before : — " Once a baker visited a travelling mena- gerie or wild beast show in England . Now this baker thought himself a very clever fellow . But he was too clever . When the elephant put out his trunk for something to ...
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... never have anything to do with spoilt children XX . — AT A WRESTLING MATCH . T. Are you fond of wrestling , professor ? B. Yes ! When I was a student , I was champion of my college . T. The matches for the championship of Japan commence ...
... never have anything to do with spoilt children XX . — AT A WRESTLING MATCH . T. Are you fond of wrestling , professor ? B. Yes ! When I was a student , I was champion of my college . T. The matches for the championship of Japan commence ...
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... fireworks from my house , so there's no need ( for me to go ) . B. I have never seen the Kawabiraki ; I hear it is a lovely sight . T. Yes ; the river is crowded with boats and GLIMPSES OF TOKYO . 39 Kawabiraki (The Opening of the River)
... fireworks from my house , so there's no need ( for me to go ) . B. I have never seen the Kawabiraki ; I hear it is a lovely sight . T. Yes ; the river is crowded with boats and GLIMPSES OF TOKYO . 39 Kawabiraki (The Opening of the River)
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... never heard of it . T. It is an annual festival in of those soldiers who died in battle . B. Where is it celebrated ? I ( memory honour T. At the Yasukuni Shrine on Kudan Hill . B. Oh ! the shrine by the Military Museum , ch ? T. Yes ...
... never heard of it . T. It is an annual festival in of those soldiers who died in battle . B. Where is it celebrated ? I ( memory honour T. At the Yasukuni Shrine on Kudan Hill . B. Oh ! the shrine by the Military Museum , ch ? T. Yes ...
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Admiral Noel Ashikaga B.-What Bank Holidays beautiful scenery Blind Man's Buff bloom blossom boat cakes called Capt cards champion cherry cherry-blossom citizens of Tokyo Cock crowded Dzushi elephant Emperor England English famous fellow fireworks fish garden party glass GLIMPSES OF TOKYO growl HARVARD COLLEGE Hayama Hibiya Park Japan Japanese killed Cock Robin KUDAN MILITARY MUSEUM Legation lemonade Let us go London look Masashige morning Mukojima NAVAL REVIEW OLD MOTHER HUBBARD play pleasure plum trees poor doggie Port Arthur Professor REAL CONVERSATIONS Reds return to Tokyo sailor samurai save the King saw him die SHIMBASHI STATION Shizuoka Shokonsha Festival shrine sing smoke STUDENT SONGS SUMIDA Sunday Teacher and Tanaka tell Thank theatre Thee ticket to-day to-morrow train Ueno Park WAX-WORK Who'll wrestling Yabuiri Yasukuni Shrine Yokohama Zoological Gardens
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Page 9 - Let music swell the breeze, And ring from all the trees Sweet freedom's song ; Let mortal tongues awake, Let all that breathe partake, Let rocks their silence break, The sound prolong. 4 Our father's God, to Thee, Author of liberty, To Thee we sing ; Long may our land be bright With freedom's holy light, Protect us by Thy might, Great God, our King...
Page 3 - I'll dig his grave. Who'll be the Parson? I, said the Rook, With my little book, I'll be the Parson. Who'll be the Clerk? I, said the Lark, If it's not in the dark, I'll be the Clerk.
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Page 8 - May he defend our laws, And ever give us cause, To sing with heart and voice, God save the King.
Page 1 - I," said the Sparrow, "With my bow and arrow, I killed Cock Robin." Who saw him die? "I," said the Fly, " With my little eye, I saw him die." Who caught his blood? "I," said the Fish, "With my little dish, I caught his blood.
Page 6 - She went to the hatter's To buy him a hat, But when she came back He was feeding the cat. She went to the barber's To buy him a wig, But when she came back He was dancing a jig. She went to the fruiterer's To buy him some fruit, But when she came back He was playing the flute.
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Page 9 - My native country, thee, — Land of the noble, free, — Thy name, — I love ; I love thy rocks and rills, Thy woods and templed hills ; My heart with rapture thrills Like that above.
Page 2 - With my little eye, I saw him die. Who caught his blood? I, said the Fish, With my little dish, I caught his blood. Who'll make his shroud? I, said the Beetle, With my thread and needle, I'll make his shroud. Who'll dig his grave? I, said the Owl, With my spade and trowel, I'll dig his grave.