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Year

1911

Text

London, Jack. South sea tales. (New York, N.Y. : Macmillan, 1911).
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1208/1208.txt
Mauki.
His
most prized possession was the handle of a china cup, which he suspended from a ring of turtle-shell, which, in turn, was passed through the partition-cartilage of his nose. The chin was weak, and the mouth was weak…
When the worst was past, and Bunster lay convalescent and conscious, but weak as a baby, Mauki packed his few trinkets, including the china cup handle, into his trade box…
He has many other things--rifles and revolvers, the handle of a china cup, and an excellent collection of bushmen's heads…
The heaten.
The six of us cabin passengers were pearl buyers. Two were Americans, one was Ah Choon (the whitest Chinese I have ever known), one was a German, one was a Polish Jew, and I completed the half dozen…
The terrible Solomons.
On his chest, suspended from around his neck hung the half of a china plate…
Half the china on the table was shattered, while the eight-day clock stopped…
The seed of McCoy.
I am going to drive this ship, and drive and drive and drive clear through the Paumotus to China but what I find a bed for her…

Subjects

Literature : Occident : United States of America