| Asia - 1839 - 702 pages
...sat himself down on our right, behind the lattices, as near us as he possibly could. Then he ordered us to take off our cappa, or cloak, being our garment...Dutch, to paint, to sing, to put our cloaks on and off. We obeyed the emperor's commands in the best manner we could, and I joined to ray dance a love-song... | |
| Elijah Coleman Bridgman, Samuel Wells Williams - China - 1840 - 680 pages
...Japan, No. III. Nov. again, to walk, to stand still, to compliment each oilier, to dance, to juni|i, to play the drunkard, to speak broken Japanese, to...Dutch, to paint, to sing, to put our cloaks on and off. We obeyed the emperor's commands in the best manner we could, and 1 joined to my dance a love-song... | |
| Japan - 1841 - 314 pages
...sat himself down on our right, behind the lattices, as near us as possibly he could. Then he ordered us to take off our cappa or cloak, being our garment...Dutch, to paint, to sing, to put our cloaks on and off. Meanwhile we obeyed the emperor's commands in the best manner we could ; I joined to my dance a love-song... | |
| Philipp Franz von Siebold - Japan - 1841 - 450 pages
...sat himself down on our right, behind the lattices, as near us as possibly he could. Then he ordered us to take off our cappa, or cloak, being our garment...Dutch, to paint, to sing, to put our cloaks on and off. Meanwhile we obeyed the Emperor's commands in the best manner we could; I joined to my dance a love-song... | |
| Richard Hildreth - Literary Criticism - 1855 - 624 pages
...lattices, as near us as possible. He ordered us to take off our cappas, or cloaks, being our garments of ceremony ; then to stand upright, that he might...Dutch, to paint, to sing, to put our cloaks on and off. Meanwhile ' the emperor's commands in the best manner we could, I iy dance a love-song in High German.... | |
| Laurence Oliphant - China - 1859 - 586 pages
...Emperor sat himself on our right behind the lattices, as near as he possibly could. Then he ordered us to take off our cappa or cloak, being our garment...Dutch, to paint, to sing, to put our cloaks on and off. Meanwhile we obeyed the Emperor's commands in the best manner we could. I joined to my dance a love-song... | |
| Laurence Oliphant - China - 1859 - 762 pages
...Emperor sat himself on our right behind the lattices, as near as he possibly could. Then he ordered us to take off our cappa or cloak, being our garment...Dutch, to paint, to sing, to put our cloaks on and off. Meanwhile we obeyed the Emperor's commands in the best manner we could. I joined to my dance a love-song... | |
| Laurence Oliphant - History - 1860 - 584 pages
...Emperor sat himself on our right behind the lattices, as near as he possibly could. Then he ordered us to take off our cappa or cloak, being our garment...Dutch, to paint, to sing, to put our cloaks on and off. Meanwhile we obeyed the Emperor's commands in the best manner we could. I joined to my dance a love-song... | |
| Laurence Oliphant - China - 1860 - 670 pages
...emperor sat himself on our right behind the lattices, as near as he possibly could. Then he ordered us to take off our cappa or cloak, being our garment...Dutch, to paint, to sing, to put our cloaks on and off. Meanwhile we ota-yed the emperor's commands in the best manner we could. I joined to my dance a love-song... | |
| Robert Grant Webster - Commerce - 1880 - 466 pages
...Emperor sat himself on our right behind the lattices, as near as he possibly could. Then he ordered us to take off our ' cappa, ' or cloak, being our...Dutch, to paint, to sing, to put our cloaks on and off. Meanwhile we obeyed the Emperor's commands in the best manner we could. I joined to my dance a love... | |
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