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... the corner of the next street , and I would show him how he might earn a
shilling easily . My next capture was a fusee boy , a little youngerlooking than my
blacking boy ; but I wanted still another , and presently I espied him , a red -
haired boy ...
... the corner of the next street , and I would show him how he might earn a
shilling easily . My next capture was a fusee boy , a little youngerlooking than my
blacking boy ; but I wanted still another , and presently I espied him , a red -
haired boy ...
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... as I can see that he may , after all , in consequence of his sturdy determination
to embark in no business that may involve his " being shut up , " though for never
so short a period , miss my " job " and the promised shilling after all . The fusee ...
... as I can see that he may , after all , in consequence of his sturdy determination
to embark in no business that may involve his " being shut up , " though for never
so short a period , miss my " job " and the promised shilling after all . The fusee ...
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... a shilling each , and let them go back to the mire where I had found them . I don
' t know if it was the effect of the cheese of which with my young friends I had
partaken , or whether it was the influence of their strange company , but that night
I ...
... a shilling each , and let them go back to the mire where I had found them . I don
' t know if it was the effect of the cheese of which with my young friends I had
partaken , or whether it was the influence of their strange company , but that night
I ...
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Nothing may be said about snowy table - cloths , shining platters , and spoons
bright as new shillings . There were ... The worthy promoter of these dinners for
destitute little children has not a shilling left after the meal is provided . During this
...
Nothing may be said about snowy table - cloths , shining platters , and spoons
bright as new shillings . There were ... The worthy promoter of these dinners for
destitute little children has not a shilling left after the meal is provided . During this
...
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There are regular “ barrow farmers , " who charge a shilling a week for the loan of
the humble vehicle more if it is not a ... have had the same barrow five , six , and
seven years ; and , as a new barrow does not cost more than fifty shillings , it will
...
There are regular “ barrow farmers , " who charge a shilling a week for the loan of
the humble vehicle more if it is not a ... have had the same barrow five , six , and
seven years ; and , as a new barrow does not cost more than fifty shillings , it will
...
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| Назва | In strange company |
| Автор | James Greenwood |
| Видавець | H. S. King, 1873 |
| Оригінал із | Оксфордський університет |
| Оцифровано | 31 лип. 2006 |
| Обсяг | 340 стор. |
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