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for the night; but it fitted him as the cocoon fits the silkworm. Other houses are constructed to suit everybody but their owners; family and servants, even horses and cattle, have their share in them, but his was built for him alone. Having chosen a...

Sunrise Stories: A Glance at the Literature of Japan - Страница 154
по Roger Riordan, Tozo Takayanagi - 1896 - 281 страници
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The Book Buyer, Том 13

1897 - 1168 страници

...seven feet high—like nothing so much as the shelter that a belated traveller might knock to183 gether for the night ; but it fitted him as the cocoon fits...added a few conveniences. A bamboo mat, supported from the southern side of the hut, served as an awning under which to take the air. A shelf attached to...

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