 I have done,' whereupon the pencil ceases to move. Then all assembled try to read the characters aloud. If they fail to decipher them, the pencil moves again and writes the same sentence more distinctly, until it is intelligible. As soon as one of the...  Notes and Queries on China and Japan - Seite 1651867Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Nicholas Belfield Dennys - 1870 - 188 Seiten
...down the answer to it, generally in poetical form, and each sentence is followed by the character* ' I have done,' whereupon the pencil ceases to move. Then...again and writes on the sand the two characters-^ ' that's it.' When a sentence is finished in this way, the sand on the table has to be smoothed again... | |
 | Nicholas Belfield Dennys - 1876 - 190 Seiten
...down the answer to it, generally in poetical form, and each sentence is followed by the character* ' I have done,' whereupon the pencil ceases to move. Then...pencil moves again and writes on the sand the two charactcrst ' that's it.' When a sentence is finished in this way, the sand on the table has to be... | |
 | Sir Robert Kennaway Douglas - 1882 - 436 Seiten
...down the answer to it, generally in poetical form, and each sentence is followed by the character, ' I have done,' whereupon the pencil ceases to move. Then...moves again and writes on the sand the two characters ' That's it.' When a sentence is finished in this way, the sand on the table has to be smoothed again... | |
 | Sir Robert Kennaway Douglas - 1882 - 518 Seiten
...down the answer to it, generally in poetical form, and each sentence is followed by the character, ' I have done,' whereupon the pencil ceases to move. Then...moves again and writes on the sand the two characters ' That's it.' When a sentence is finished in this way, the sand on the table has to be smoothed again... | |
 | Sir Robert Kennaway Douglas - 1895 - 616 Seiten
...down the answer to it, generally in poetical form, and each sentence is followed by the character, 'I have done,' whereupon the pencil ceases to move. Then...moves again and writes on the sand the two characters, ' That's it.' When a sentence is finished in this way, the sand on the table has to be smoothed again... | |
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