 | 1839 - 702 pagina’s
...The Governor of Nagasaki and the chief interpreter are the only persons who accompany the opperhoefd, and give him the signal of retreat, which, like his...day. The deputation, leaving the imperial palace, repair to that of the nisnomar, or crown prince, which is described ns finely situated upon a hill,... | |
 | Elijah Coleman Bridgman, Samuel Wells Williams - 1840 - 680 pagina’s
...The governor of Nagasaki and the chief interpreter are the only persons who accompany the opperhoofd, and give him the signal of retreat, which, like his...without violating the laws of Japanese courtesy, to look around for what should attract attention or excite curiosity." But if the imperial audience be now... | |
 | 1841 - 314 pagina’s
...interpreter are the only persons who accompany the opperhoofd; and when the audience is over, they give him the signal of retreat, which, like his entrance,...is performed in a very stooping attitude, so that little more than the bare presence of a number of people is perceived, it being impossible, without... | |
 | 1844 - 288 pagina’s
...and the chief interpreter are the only persons who accompany the opperlioofd, or president, and they give him the signal of retreat, which, like his entrance,...perceived, it is impossible, without violating the laws 01 Japanese courtesy, to look round for what should attract attention or excite curiosity." This presentation... | |
 | 1853 - 520 pagina’s
...Nagasaki and the chief interpreter, are the only persons who accompany the Opperhoofd [President], and give him the signal of» retreat, which, like...entrance, is performed in a very stooping' attitude." The Japanese are eminently a people of ceremony; and all acts, whether of etiquette or what else, are... | |
 | 1853 - 516 pagina’s
...Nagasaki and the chief interpreter, are the only persons who accompany the Opperhoofd [President], and give him the signal of retreat, which, like his entrance, is performed in a very stooping alii' tude." The Japanese are eminently a people of ceremony; and all acts, whether of etiquette or... | |
 | S. B. Kemish - 1860 - 322 pagina’s
...express profound veneration by a buzzing sound ; and it is impossible, without violating the laws of courtesy to look round for what should attract attention or excite curiosity ; and the highest possible expression of respect is first to kotoo and then to turn the back. The name... | |
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Nagasaki and the chief interpreter are the only persons who accompany the opperhoefd, and give him the signal of retreat, which, like his entrance, is performed in a very stooping attitude ; so that, although the presence of numbers may be perceived,... 