To the East by Way of the West: Giving an Account of what the Author Saw in Heathen Lands During His Late Missionary Voyage Around the World ... |
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... hundred and seventy - one Chinese steerage passengers returning home . As to cleanli- ness and general good conduct I do not see that they rank below the average of laboring men in the great cities . But they are gambling almost con ...
... hundred and seventy - one Chinese steerage passengers returning home . As to cleanli- ness and general good conduct I do not see that they rank below the average of laboring men in the great cities . But they are gambling almost con ...
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... was to be seen , and so we arranged to go , in company with our host , to Kamakura . This was at one time the capi- tal of the empire ; but that was two or three hundred years ago . There still remain , however , sufficient 24 DAI NIPPON .
... was to be seen , and so we arranged to go , in company with our host , to Kamakura . This was at one time the capi- tal of the empire ; but that was two or three hundred years ago . There still remain , however , sufficient 24 DAI NIPPON .
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... hundred years ago . There are also the most elegant swords and other implements of warfare , as well as the writing apparatus of one of the most distinguished of the old heroes . All this was shown for a small fee , by the Buddhist ...
... hundred years ago . There are also the most elegant swords and other implements of warfare , as well as the writing apparatus of one of the most distinguished of the old heroes . All this was shown for a small fee , by the Buddhist ...
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... hundred years . The study of his policy will well repay the time of any one who takes pleasure in that sort of reading . During the period of the Shogunate the people became divided into several classes - a division which began to ...
... hundred years . The study of his policy will well repay the time of any one who takes pleasure in that sort of reading . During the period of the Shogunate the people became divided into several classes - a division which began to ...
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... United States of America furnished the occasion of bring- ing on a crisis . The Shogun had for two hundred years kept Japan secluded from any intercourse with foreign nations . I believe there is a wide - 44 THE REVOLUTION OF 1868 .
... United States of America furnished the occasion of bring- ing on a crisis . The Shogun had for two hundred years kept Japan secluded from any intercourse with foreign nations . I believe there is a wide - 44 THE REVOLUTION OF 1868 .
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Page 339 - And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
Page 577 - The servant of the Lord must not strive, but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves, if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth ; and that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil...
Page 284 - And Miriam, the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously : the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Page 592 - And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
Page 580 - For as many as are led by the Spirit of GOD, they are the sons of GOD. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear ; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of GOD...
Page 585 - Will you be ready with all faithful diligence to banish and drive away all erroneous and strange doctrines contrary to God's word...
Page 578 - When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace: but when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.
Page ix - ... always preaching to himself, like an angel from a cloud, but in none ; carrying some, as St. Paul was, to heaven in holy raptures, and enticing others by a sacred art and courtship to amend their lives : here picturing a vice so as to make it ugly to those that practised it, and a virtue, so as to make it beloved even by those that loved it not ; and all this with a most particular grace and an inexpressible addition of comeliness.
Page 578 - When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us: and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are...
Page 325 - Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.