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It is a mark of insincerity of purpose to spend one's time in looking for the sacred Emperor in the low-class tea-shops.
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Should a person on returning from the city discover his house to be in flames, let him examine well the change which he has received from the chair-carrier before it is too late; for evil never travels alone.
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At the mention of the name and offence of this degraded being a great sound went up from the entire multitude – a universal cry of execration, not greatly dissimilar from that which may be frequently heard in the crowded Temple of Impartiality when the one whose duty it is to take up, at a venture, the folded papers, announces that the sublime Emperor, or some mandarin of exalted rank, has been so fortunate as to hold the winning number in the Annual State Lottery.
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Ernest Bramah
Born:
March 20, 1868
Died:
June 27, 1942
(aged 74)
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Ernest Bramah, born Ernest Brammah Smith, was an English author. He published 21 books and numerous short stories and features. His humorous works were ranked with Jerome K Jerome and W.W.
Known for:
Kai Lung's Golden Hours (1922)
The Wallet of Kai Lung (1900)
The Mirror of Kong Ho (1905)
Kai Lung Unrolls His Mat (1928)
Four Max Carrados Detective Stories
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