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... doubt you have gazed , with all your eyes , on the illuminated staircases ; the ceilings on which are painted the flying dragon , enwreathed with ser- pents , the four bats , and Chinese bird of royalty ; the golden dome ; the sparkling ...
... doubt you have gazed , with all your eyes , on the illuminated staircases ; the ceilings on which are painted the flying dragon , enwreathed with ser- pents , the four bats , and Chinese bird of royalty ; the golden dome ; the sparkling ...
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... doubt decline . When the British entered on the island , its inhabitants were about four thousand , but it is now getting po- pulous , for the natives from Cowloon , or Kowlung , a town opposite , on the main land , are flocking there ...
... doubt decline . When the British entered on the island , its inhabitants were about four thousand , but it is now getting po- pulous , for the natives from Cowloon , or Kowlung , a town opposite , on the main land , are flocking there ...
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... doubt , Their figures , ' mid gardens and temples drawn out ; Well the pictures , and sober - faced people so odd , Are as like one another , as peas in a pod . Could we look on the natives , what groups should we see Manufacturing ...
... doubt , Their figures , ' mid gardens and temples drawn out ; Well the pictures , and sober - faced people so odd , Are as like one another , as peas in a pod . Could we look on the natives , what groups should we see Manufacturing ...
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... doubt they would live much on beef , or mutton ; but this not being the case , they consume fish , pork , and fowl on a large scale ; to which must be added the flesh of wild horses , dogs , cats , rats , mice , grubs , sharks ' fins ...
... doubt they would live much on beef , or mutton ; but this not being the case , they consume fish , pork , and fowl on a large scale ; to which must be added the flesh of wild horses , dogs , cats , rats , mice , grubs , sharks ' fins ...
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... doubt that the Chinese nation is the oldest in the world , if we except that of the Jews , but you must know something of what they say of themselves . I will , therefore , set it before you . Bear in mind that there are different ...
... doubt that the Chinese nation is the oldest in the world , if we except that of the Jews , but you must know something of what they say of themselves . I will , therefore , set it before you . Bear in mind that there are different ...
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