[119] These disembodied spirits are unable to stand for any length of time the light and life of this upper world, darkness and death being as it were necessary to their existence and comfort.
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[120] The day before the annual spring festival.
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[121] See No. X., [note 80].
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[122] Which, well cooked, are a very good substitute for asparagus.
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[123] See [note 115] to the last story.
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[124] Such as are from time to time bestowed upon virtuous widows and wives, filial sons and daughters, and others. These consist of some laudatory scroll or tablet, and are much prized by the family of the recipient.
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[125] See [note 119] to last story.
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[126] Probably the Illicium religiosum is meant.
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[127] See No. XII., [note 87].
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[128] The common application of the term “same-year-men,” is to persons who have graduated at the same time.
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