Historic China: And Other Sketches
Historic China: And Other Sketches
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Older persons seek to accustom themselves to the idea by preparing — ^and often by sleeping in — ^their coffins for months, and sometimes for years, before they are actually needed. The cheery mirth and laughter, even, of the more squalid-looking Chinese villages, must be seen and heard to be believed Digitized by VjOOQIC 124 DYNASTIC SKETCHES.
in. Apart from their professional beggars, who form a not very numerous class and piursue their calling accord- ing to fixed regulations, there are none... of those grim or sad-looking, hunger-stricken, sometimes drink-sodden creatures, whose presence is such a blot on our own civilisation at home. Food and lodging are cheap in China; and it may be roundly stated that every man, woman, and child in the empire has something in the way of clothes, two full meals a day, and a shelter for his head at night The meals may not be tempting, nor the clothing extensive, nor the shelter altogether such as is desired by Europeans ; but the result is at any rate life, and life of a bearable kind, which has its occasionally rosy streaks.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Older persons seek to accustom themselves to the idea by preparing — ^and often by sleeping in — ^their coffins for months, and sometimes for years, before they are actually needed. The cheery mirth and laughter, even, of the more squalid-looking Chinese villages, must be seen and heard to be believed Digitized by VjOOQIC 124 DYNASTIC SKETCHES.
in. Apart from their professional beggars, who form a not very numerous class and piursue their calling accord- ing to fixed regulations, there are none... of those grim or sad-looking, hunger-stricken, sometimes drink-sodden creatures, whose presence is such a blot on our own civilisation at home. Food and lodging are cheap in China; and it may be roundly stated that every man, woman, and child in the empire has something in the way of clothes, two full meals a day, and a shelter for his head at night The meals may not be tempting, nor the clothing extensive, nor the shelter altogether such as is desired by Europeans ; but the result is at any rate life, and life of a bearable kind, which has its occasionally rosy streaks.
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