Chronology Entry
Year
1857
Text
Thoreau, Henry David. Journal (1857).
I feel as strange as if I were in a town in china -- but soon I am at home in the wide world again.
A sheet of blotted blotting paper of Chinese character from a tea chest.
P. made us some hemlock tea we did not have to go (quite) so far as China for it.
It is another example of the oddity of the orientals that yellow "is in
the east a regal color, more especially so in China, where it is exclusively".
I feel as strange as if I were in a town in china -- but soon I am at home in the wide world again.
A sheet of blotted blotting paper of Chinese character from a tea chest.
P. made us some hemlock tea we did not have to go (quite) so far as China for it.
It is another example of the oddity of the orientals that yellow "is in
the east a regal color, more especially so in China, where it is exclusively".
Mentioned People (1)
Thoreau, Henry David
(Concord, Mass. 1817-1862 Concord, Mass.) : Schriftsteller, Philosoph, Dichter
Subjects
Literature : Occident : United States of America
Documents (1)
| # | Year | Bibliographical Data | Type / Abbreviation | Linked Data |
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| 1 | 1894 |
Thoreau, Henry David. Journal. The writings of Henry D. Thoreau : Online journal transcripts. http://thoreau.library.ucsb.edu/writings_journals.html. A reader's journal : the Journal of Thoreau. http://www.doyletics.com/arj/tjr06rvw.htm. |
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