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Page 118
... clean white ducks ; he has a round , clean - shaven face and he looks at you benignly through gold - rimmed spectacles . The faux bon homme . He is here to open a business for a San Fran- cisco firm of jobbers in the goods sold on the ...
... clean white ducks ; he has a round , clean - shaven face and he looks at you benignly through gold - rimmed spectacles . The faux bon homme . He is here to open a business for a San Fran- cisco firm of jobbers in the goods sold on the ...
Page 192
... clean - shaven , but wanting a shave , with a soft hat on the back of their heads , chewing a cigar , they were as strange to me as the Chinese and more impenetrable . Often I have tried to speak with them , but I have found no common ...
... clean - shaven , but wanting a shave , with a soft hat on the back of their heads , chewing a cigar , they were as strange to me as the Chinese and more impenetrable . Often I have tried to speak with them , but I have found no common ...
Page 300
... clean- shaven , with all the front part of his head shaven too ; his hair , long at the back , was tied in a knot . He was dressed in a dhoty and a collarless shirt . He sat on the floor to play . His instru- ment was highly decorated ...
... clean- shaven , with all the front part of his head shaven too ; his hair , long at the back , was tied in a knot . He was dressed in a dhoty and a collarless shirt . He sat on the floor to play . His instru- ment was highly decorated ...
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