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Pagina 64
... Chinese : I have learned some of the language myself . Lord , have you nothing pretty from China about you ; some- 10 thing that one does not know what to do with : I have got twenty things from China that are of no use in the world ...
... Chinese : I have learned some of the language myself . Lord , have you nothing pretty from China about you ; some- 10 thing that one does not know what to do with : I have got twenty things from China that are of no use in the world ...
Pagina 143
... Chinese used chairs as in Europe ; she understood decorums too well to entertain me with the ordinary civilities . I had scarce been seated according to her directions , when the footman was ordered to pin a napkin under my chin ; this ...
... Chinese used chairs as in Europe ; she understood decorums too well to entertain me with the ordinary civilities . I had scarce been seated according to her directions , when the footman was ordered to pin a napkin under my chin ; this ...
Pagina 146
... Chinese , Japonese , Tonquinese , of Cochin China , 20 Pegu and Siam , all willing to pay their respects in the most polite manner imaginable . A Cochin Chinese made an excellent Latin oration upon this occasion : he was succeeded , and ...
... Chinese , Japonese , Tonquinese , of Cochin China , 20 Pegu and Siam , all willing to pay their respects in the most polite manner imaginable . A Cochin Chinese made an excellent Latin oration upon this occasion : he was succeeded , and ...
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