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Identifier: chinainseriesofv3to4allo (find matches)
Title: China, in a series of views : displaying the scenery, architecture, and social habits of that ancient empire
Year: 1843 (1840s)
Authors: Allom, Thomas, 1804-1872 Wright, G. N. (George Newenham), 1790?-1877, editor Fisher, Son, & Co., publisher
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Publisher: London, Newgate Street Paris, rue St. Honoré : Fisher, Son, & Co.
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geously, that it is styled thebulwark of the province. Ti-fa, prince royal, and afterwards emperor of China, once visited the Han-tseuen,or cold spring, either from motives of curiosity, or in pursuit of game. A younglady of high rank, attended by her maids, had proceeded thither a short time before, forthe purpose of bathing in its frigid waters ; but, perceiving a party of horsemen approachthey retired with precipitation from their gaze. Not near enough to distinguish thereal characters of these naiads, the royal cortege at first thought lightly of the circum-,stance; but, as they advanced to the spring, were surprised at seeing an eagle rise sud-denly from the spot where the bathers had dressed themselves, carrying away some burdenin its beak. Curiosity was now excited as to what the majestic bird had borne aloft,—what part of their property the mountain-nymphs, in their haste, had forgotten; andconjecture was busy as to who the graceful group could possibly have been. Arrived on
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