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... Stone Lions of Lu - kou Bridge 22 The Skeleton Trees ; or , The Suicides ' Haunt 26 Legend of the Ching Dynasty 29 The Palace of Gold 33 The Square Iron Bar of Lu - kou 35 Race for a Throne 38 The Aspen ; or , The Laughing Tree 42 The ...
... Stone Lions of Lu - kou Bridge 22 The Skeleton Trees ; or , The Suicides ' Haunt 26 Legend of the Ching Dynasty 29 The Palace of Gold 33 The Square Iron Bar of Lu - kou 35 Race for a Throne 38 The Aspen ; or , The Laughing Tree 42 The ...
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... Stone Lions of Lu - kou Bridge 22 The Skeleton Trees ; or , The Suicides ' Haunt 26 Legend of the Ching Dynasty 29 The Palace of Gold 33 The Square Iron Bar of Lu - kou 35 Race for a Throne 38 The Aspen ; or , The Laughing Tree 42 The ...
... Stone Lions of Lu - kou Bridge 22 The Skeleton Trees ; or , The Suicides ' Haunt 26 Legend of the Ching Dynasty 29 The Palace of Gold 33 The Square Iron Bar of Lu - kou 35 Race for a Throne 38 The Aspen ; or , The Laughing Tree 42 The ...
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... belief that no one has ever succeeded in counting the stone lions on the parapets at the sides of the bridge - though it seems a very easy undertaking . For , on either hand , Some stone lions stand- 22 The Stone Lions of Lu-kou Bridge.
... belief that no one has ever succeeded in counting the stone lions on the parapets at the sides of the bridge - though it seems a very easy undertaking . For , on either hand , Some stone lions stand- 22 The Stone Lions of Lu-kou Bridge.
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George Carter Stent (translator.) For , on either hand , Some stone lions stand- Or squat - or recline on the parapets mounted ; The number's not great , Yet , strange to relate , No mortal has ever those stone lions counted . Of the ...
George Carter Stent (translator.) For , on either hand , Some stone lions stand- Or squat - or recline on the parapets mounted ; The number's not great , Yet , strange to relate , No mortal has ever those stone lions counted . Of the ...
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