 | John Otway Percy Bland - 1910 - 636 pages
...attendance was impossible because he was busy trying to rally our forces. 2lst Day (1 5th August). — Wen Lien tells me that the Old Buddha arose this morning...would come to this ? " she said. Three common carts i The expression is figurative. /** 1 -,a I * i * i U J. n 44^ | I/ ,-sm * — A * ^ *' 1« I «' rt... | |
 | 1911 - 624 pages
...attendance was impossible because he was busy trying to rally our forces. 21st Day (15th August).—Wen Lien tells me that the Old Buddha arose this morning...would come to this ?" she said. Three common carts 1 The expression is figurative. 298 "t f. ^ *> £ 5* * £ ft *T * * ^ J . >i ^>. * fw * i ? • i^*... | |
 | Charlotte E. Hawes - 1913 - 318 pages
...For the first time in her life, her hair was done up in the Chinese fashion (twisted in a knot). " Who could ever have believed that it would come to this? " she said. When the favorite wife of the Emperor pleaded that he be allowed to remain in Peking, she shouted to... | |
 | Harley Farnsworth MacNair - 1927 - 976 pages
...stepped forward as if to strike him, and the headsman quickly despatched them both. . . . 21st Day (loth August). — When Lien tells me that the Old Buddha...into the palace; their drivers wore no official hats. The discovery of the change In the edict anil the punishment that followed The flight of the court... | |
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Lien tells me that the Old Buddha arose this morning at the Hour of the Tiger (3 am) after only an hour's rest, and dressed herself hurriedly in the common blue cloth garments of a peasant woman, which she had ordered to be prepared. For the first time... 