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" ... besides ships, rocks, shells, sponges and corals, all performed by concealed actors who were quite perfect in their parts, and performed their characters to admiration. These two marine and land regiments, after separately parading in a circular procession... "
Travels in China: Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons ... - Page 137
by Sir John Barrow - 1805 - 430 pages
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Annual Register, Volume 59

Edmund Burke - History - 1819 - 822 pages
...performed their characters to admiration. These two marine and land regiments, after separately parading in a circular procession for a considerable time,...stage, when, after a few evolutions, they opened to the righ; and left, to give room for the wliale, who seemed to be the commanding officer, to waddle forward...
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Some Account of the Public Life, and a Selection from the ..., Volume 2

sir John Barrow (bart.) - China - 1807 - 544 pages
...performed their characters to admiration. These two marine and land regiments, after separately parading in a circular procession for a considerable time,...taking his station exactly opposite to the emperor's box, spouted out of his mouth into the pit several tons of water, which quickly disappeared through...
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The Oriental Voyager: Or, Descriptive Sketches and Cursory Remarks, on a ...

James Johnson - Voyages and travels - 1807 - 430 pages
...land regiments, after separately parading in a circular procession for a considerable time, at la.t joined together, and forming one body, came to the...evolutions, they opened to. the right and left to make room for the whale, who seemed to be the commanding officer, to waddle forward ; and who, taking...
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Extracts from an account of the Russian empire. A short sketch of the ...

Sir John Barrow - China - 1807 - 550 pages
...performed their characters to admiration. These two marine and land regiments, after separately parading in a circular procession for a considerable time,...together and, forming one body, came to the front of the stao-e> when, after a few evolutions, they opened to the right and left to give room for the whale,...
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Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British India and Its ..., Volume 5

Asia - 1818 - 762 pages
...performed their characters to admiration. These two marine and land regiments, after separately parading in a circular procession for a considerable time,...taking his station exactly opposite to the Emperor's box, spouted out of his mouth into the pit, several tons of water, which quickly disappeared through...
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A Collection of the Most Celebrated Voyages & Travels, from the ..., Volume 3

R. P. Forster - Voyages and travels - 1818 - 508 pages
...performed their characters to admiration. These two marine and land regiments, after separately parading in a circular procession for a considerable time,...forward ; and who, taking his station exactly opposite the emperor's box, spouted out of his mouth into the pit several tons of water, which quickly disappeared...
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The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and ..., Volume 59

Edmund Burke - Anglo-Dutch War, 1780-1784 - 1818 - 798 pages
...land regiments, after separately parading in a circular procession for a considerable time, at lost joined together, and forming one body, came to the...taking his station exactly opposite to the emperor's box, spouted outof his mouth into the pit several tuns of water, which (juickly disappeared through...
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The New Annual Register, Or General Repository of History, Politics, and ...

English poetry - 1818 - 784 pages
...performed their characters to admiration. These two marine and land regiments, after separately parading in a circular procession for a considerable time,...room for the whale, who seemed to be the commanding orricer, to waddle forward; and who, taking his station exactly opposite to the emperors box, spouted...
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An Historical and Descriptive Account of China: Its Ancient and ..., Volume 1

Hugh Murray, John Crawfurd, Peter Gordon, Thomas Lynn, William Wallace, Gilbert Thomas Burnett - China - 1836 - 390 pages
...performed their characters to admiration. These two marine and land regiments, after separately parading in a circular procession for a considerable time,...taking his station exactly opposite to the emperor's box, spouted out of his mouth into the pit several tuns of water, which * Staunton, vol. iii. pp. 72,...
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The Saturday Magazine, Volume 13

Periodicals - 1839 - 272 pages
...performed their characters to admiration. These two marine and land regiments, after separately parading in a circular procession for a considerable time,...taking his station exactly opposite to the emperor's box, spouted out of his mouth into the pit several tons of water, which quickly disappeared through...
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