The book The Eternal Priestess a Novel of China Manners was written by author Putnam Weale, B. L. (Bertram Lenox), 1877-1930 Here you can read free online of The Eternal Priestess a Novel of China Manners book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The Eternal Priestess a Novel of China Manners a good or bad book?
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The date of the rising was to be the first night of the fourth moon, when the sky is as dark as Erebus. Having determined the details the two swore to each other to preserve faith, even at the cost of ten thousand lives. The next scene, introduced hot on the heels of the first, so as not to allow enthusiasm to cool, showed the dispatch of great quantities of bombs and revolvers packed in coffins alleged to be carrying home the bones of deceased emigrants. The bearers of these grim packages defi...led swiftly across the stage, showing the urgency of the business in their pantomime, and their undying resolution in their knotted muscles. Then the four great triangular flags drooped across the stage again, whilst some swift changes were made in the scenery by atten- dants whose movements could be seen by the audience a quaint, procedure which is fully in accord with the art canons of the East. 351 When the flags went up again they unmasked the interior of a house in gala dress, and the audience was told in shrill language the coming story, to the accompaniment of a native violin that followed the speaking voice, and was itself assisted by the rhythmic beat of castanets.
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