Japan for a Week (Britain for Ever)J. Lane, 1911 - 252 էջ |
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Admiral amongst answered asked assured Awakening of China bamboo beauty Berlin blue bound British Empire Canton Celestial Chinaman Chinese Chinese marriage Christian civilisation colour Cornish lady Courtneidge deck decorated earth Emperor England Europe European eyes face factory foreign devils German Gibraltar gin palace girl Government greed Hans Müller Hong Kong honourable houses hundred island Japan Japanese Japanese wolf Kyoto Lafcadio Hearn land language laughed live London look LOVE POEMS mandarins ment merchants miles millions missionaries Moscow mountain mousmés Nagasaki nation native naval never Nikko officers passengers passport patriotism Pax Britannica peace Pekin pigtails pirates pleasant politely port Prince Queen's Road rain reached realise rickshaw round rulers Russian seen Shanghai ship ship's shrines slums smiling spoke English street swarms temples thousand tion Tokyo told tongue town trade trees Vladivostock women wonder Yokohama Yoshiwara
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Էջ 243 - PAPER. 2s. 6d. PER VOL. Each Volume with a Frontispiece in Photogravure, By NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE. THE SCARLET LETTER. THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES. THE BLITHEDALE ROMANCE. TANGLEWOOD TALES. TWICE-TOLD TALES. A WONDER-BOOK FOR GIRLS AND BOYS. OUR OLD HOME. MOSSES FROM AN OLD MANSE. THE SNOW IMAGE. TRUE STORIES FROM HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY. THE NEW ADAM AND EVE. LEGENDS OF THE PROVINCE HOUSE. By OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES. THE AUTOCRAT OF THE BREAKFAST-TABLE...
Էջ 89 - ... vulgar. When she speaks, it is to set herself above others, to upbraid others, to envy others, to be puffed up with individual pride, to jeer at others, to outdo others, — all things at variance with the "way" in which a woman should walk. The only qualities that befit a woman are gentle obedience, chastity, mercy, and quietness.
Էջ 74 - States, of their geographical proximity thereto, of the intimate part taken by citizens of the United States in there implanting the seeds of Christian civilization, of the long continuance of their exclusive reciprocal commercial relations, whereby their mutual interests have been developed, and...
Էջ 243 - PETER SIMPLE. THE KING'S OWN. THE PHANTOM SHIP. By Anthony Trollope. DR. THORNE. THE WARDEN. BARCHESTER TOWERS. FRAMLEY PARSONAGE. THE BERTRAMS. THE THREE CLERKS. CASTLE RICHMOND. THE MACDERMOTS OF BALLYCLORAN. ORLEY FARM (2 vols.).
Էջ 154 - ... suspect, the whole heart of our author, though he allows her only half of that of his hero. He describes her on this her first appearance in the following terms. ' The gate was seen to open, and there came out a youth of about fifteen or sixteen years of age, dressed in a violet robe with a light cap on his head. His vermilion lips, brilliant white teeth, and arched eyebrows gave him the air of a charming girl. So graceful and airy are his movements, that one might well ask, whether he be mortal...
Էջ 243 - Beaconsfield. A reissue of the Novels of the Earl of Beaconsfield. Each with an Introduction by the Earl of Iddesleigh. Sybil Tancred Venetia Contarini Fleming Coningsby Henrietta Temple Vivian Grey ( The Young Duke...
Էջ 89 - ... his eyes. Should her husband act ill and unreasonably, she must compose her countenance and soften her voice to remonstrate with him ; and if he be angry and listen not to the remonstrance, she must wait over a season, and then expostulate with him again when his heart is softened.
Էջ 212 - Chinese mandarins in their conversations with the ships' officers invariably spoke English. They use the same ideographs in writing as the Japanese, but to talk to our Japanese passengers they had to speak English. Nay, coming as they did from various provinces of the Empire, where the language greatly differs, they found it most convenient in conversation among themselves to speak English.
Էջ 212 - It was only on reaching Italy that I began fully to realize this wonderful thing, that for nearly six weeks, on a German ship, in a journey of nearly ten thousand miles, we had heard little of any language but English ! " It is an amazing thing when one thinks of it. " In Japan most of the tradespeople spoke English. At Shanghai, at Hong-Kong, at Singapore, at Penang, at Colombo, at Suez, at Port Said — all the way home to the Italian ports, the language of all the ship's traffic, the language...
Էջ 99 - The so-called pioneers of civilization are, like other pioneers, more noted for physical energy than for gentler or more refined qualities. It is not the skilled or scientific farmer, but the strong-armed labourer, who cuts down the forest; nor is it the liberal, enlightened, prudent, and educated merchant, but the daring, money-seeking adventurer, who clears the way for commerce.