Word: sunsets
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...course of his lecture on the "Chinese at Home," E. B. Drew, Commissioner of Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs, says: "The chief characteristic of the Chinese, as a nation, is industry. Their working day begins at dawn, and lasts till sunset. Schools open at sunrise, and do not close till 5 P. M., there being but one short recess during the day. The emperor and his court rise soon after midnight, and court audiences are given between 5 and 8 o'clock in the morning. After sunset very few people are in the streets, the Chinese, like domestic fowls, retiring early...
...fled, yet still the sunset lingers...
Very happy I thought myself; very happy I doubtless was. The old world had become new to me. That homeward ride over the red path of the sunset waters was a track of Paradise. But let that pass. I am not to write a love story...
...Streakt sunset are her locks of yellow...
...dash of sunset gold...