 Japanese, however, were not to be cheated out of a ride, and as they were unable to reduce themselves to the capacity of the inside of the carriage, they betook themselves to the roof. It was a spectacle not a little ludicrous to behold a dignified Mandarin...  Terry's Japanese Empire - Page 11914 - 799 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1856 - 504 pages
...reduce themselves to the capacity of the inside of the carriage, they betook themselves to the roof. It was a spectacle not a little ludicrous, to behold...mandarin whirling around the circular road at the rate oftwenty miles an hour, with his loose robes flying in the wind. As he clung with a desperate hold... | |
 | India - 1856 - 516 pages
...reduce themselves to the capacity of the inside of the carriage, they betook themselves to the roof. It was a spectacle not a little ludicrous to behold a...edge of the roof, grinning with intense interest, aud his huddled up body shook convulsively with a kind of laughing timidity, while the car spun rapidly... | |
 | Matthew Calbraith Perry - Japan - 1858 - 310 pages
...capacity of the inside of the carriage, they betook themselves to the roof. It was a ludicrous spectacle to behold a dignified mandarin whirling around the...loose robes flying in the wind. As he clung with a convulsive hold to the edge of the roof, grinning with intense interest, and his huddled-up body shaken... | |
 | Jeanie Mort Walker - 1875 - 588 pages
...inside of the car, they betook themselves to the roof I Imagine a dignified mandarin whirling round the circular road at the rate of twenty miles an hour, with his loose robes flying in the wind, clinging with desperate hold to the edge of the roof, grinning with intense interest, his huddled-up... | |
 | Missions - 1857 - 886 pages
...rate of twenty miles an hour, with his loose ro'oes flying in the wind, as he clung with a convulsive hold to the edge of the roof, grinning with intense interest, and his huddled-up body shaken in a convulsive manner with laughter ; all the while being somewhat afraid while the car spun... | |
 | 1894 - 444 pages
...reduce themselves to the capacity of the inside of the carriage, they betook themselves to the roof. It was a spectacle not a little ludicrous to behold a dignified mandarin (sic!) whirling around the circular road at the rate of twenty miles an hour, with his loose robes... | |
 | George Ramsey Clark, William Oliver Stevens, Carroll Storrs Alden, Herman Frederick Krafft - 1911 - 552 pages
...reduce themselves to the capacity of the inside of a carriage, they betook themselves to the roof. It was a spectacle not a little ludicrous to behold a...an hour, with his loose robes flying in the wind, . . . [clinging] with a desperate hold to the edge of the roof, [and] grinning with intense interest."... | |
 | Sophie Radford de Meissner - History - 1920 - 436 pages
...the roof of the train, and it was a spectacle not a little ludicrous to behold a dignified official whirling around the circular road at the rate of twenty...an hour, with his loose robes flying in the wind, clinging desperately to the edge of the roof, and grinning with intense interest. In return the Japanese... | |
 | United States - 1926 - 584 pages
...little ludicrous to behold a dignifieJ mandarin whirling around the circular road at the rate of 20 miles an hour, with his loose robes flying in the...the roof, grinning with intense interest, and his huddled up body shook convulsively with a kind of laughing timidity, while the car spun rapidly around... | |
 | Thomas Philip Terry - Japan - 1927 - 1272 pages
...reduce themselves to the capacity of the inside of the carriage, they betook themselves to the roof. It was a spectacle not a little ludicrous to behold a...convulsively with a kind of laughing timidity, while the ear spun rapidly around the circle, you might have supposed that the movement, somehow or other, was... | |
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