Narrative of the Expedition to China from the Commencement of the War to Its Termination in 1842: With Sketches of the Manners and Customs of that Singular and Hitherto Almost Unknown Country, Tom 1H. Colburn, 1843 |
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Strona 12 - It will be found, on examination, that the smokers of opium are idle, lazy vagrants, having no useful purpose before them, and are unworthy of regard, or even of contempt.
Strona 341 - Her feet beneath her petticoat Like little mice stole in and out, As if they feared the light: But, oh ! she dances such a way— No sun upon an Easter day Is half so fine a sight.
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Strona 252 - This mandarin was one of the finest specimens of a man I had till then seen in China. He stood about six feet two or three inches, and was apparently stout in proportion. He wore the winter cap, the crown of which was of a puce-coloured satin, shaped to, and fitting close to the head, with a brim of black velvet* turned sharply up all round, the front and hinder parts rising rather higher than the sides, — in fact, in shape much resembling the paper boats we make for children. On the dome-shaped...
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