The Calcutta Review, Volumes 134-435University of Calcutta, 1912 |
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Page 84
... never have the toothache , and will live to become exceedingly old . " He further adds : Speaking * Op . cit . , Vol . I. , p . 298 . + Sladen's The Japs at Home , p . 184 . Hearn's Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan , Vol . II . , p . 598 ...
... never have the toothache , and will live to become exceedingly old . " He further adds : Speaking * Op . cit . , Vol . I. , p . 298 . + Sladen's The Japs at Home , p . 184 . Hearn's Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan , Vol . II . , p . 598 ...
Page 90
... never sleep with his head placed northwards and his feet pointing to the south , because the corpse of a Japanese is always placed in that posi- tion . So deeply engrained is this superstition that printed diagrams showing the cardinal ...
... never sleep with his head placed northwards and his feet pointing to the south , because the corpse of a Japanese is always placed in that posi- tion . So deeply engrained is this superstition that printed diagrams showing the cardinal ...
Page 105
... never see him again . But she gave him a box which , she said , would help him in returning to her , telling him not to open it on any account . Taking the box with him , he returned to his native land , but found there everything new ...
... never see him again . But she gave him a box which , she said , would help him in returning to her , telling him not to open it on any account . Taking the box with him , he returned to his native land , but found there everything new ...
Page 115
... never given the subject consideration and the Philosopher continued , " Now there is that myna , surely a gentleman farmer . See how he struts about his fields , well - fed , well- groomed , a trifle proud of his ability to get on in ...
... never given the subject consideration and the Philosopher continued , " Now there is that myna , surely a gentleman farmer . See how he struts about his fields , well - fed , well- groomed , a trifle proud of his ability to get on in ...
Page 118
... never say anything good of their neighbours , who are always turning over old , dry dusty leaves to see what they can find and who chatter , chatter , chatter , whether they find anything or not . They are scandalmongers , never using ...
... never say anything good of their neighbours , who are always turning over old , dry dusty leaves to see what they can find and who chatter , chatter , chatter , whether they find anything or not . They are scandalmongers , never using ...
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