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The miserable being , half alive , stripped of part of his clothes , and his body
bruised most shockingly , lay extended on the ground in the middle of the street ;
the constables dragged him , trailing along for above 20 paces , into their
loathsome ...
The miserable being , half alive , stripped of part of his clothes , and his body
bruised most shockingly , lay extended on the ground in the middle of the street ;
the constables dragged him , trailing along for above 20 paces , into their
loathsome ...
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The poet with his eye “ in a fine frenzy rolling , " who goes into company dressed
like old Briggs ( in Cecilia , ) is as vain of his appearance in a saloon , as the
dandy who has no idea beyond the tying of his cravat , or the set of his clothes .
The poet with his eye “ in a fine frenzy rolling , " who goes into company dressed
like old Briggs ( in Cecilia , ) is as vain of his appearance in a saloon , as the
dandy who has no idea beyond the tying of his cravat , or the set of his clothes .
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The smoky atmosphere of London gives a sombre hue to every object ; black
soot sticks to the clothes and linen , or lights on the face ; the smoke from the
houses prevents a satisfac . tory view at a distance , and seems , when viewed
from an ...
The smoky atmosphere of London gives a sombre hue to every object ; black
soot sticks to the clothes and linen , or lights on the face ; the smoke from the
houses prevents a satisfac . tory view at a distance , and seems , when viewed
from an ...
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... clothes had been flung on her with a pitchfork ! Most of these fish - women
come from the villages of New - haven and Fisherrow , from whence they arrive
with their commodities at early dawn ; and after disposing of their fish , return
home in ...
... clothes had been flung on her with a pitchfork ! Most of these fish - women
come from the villages of New - haven and Fisherrow , from whence they arrive
with their commodities at early dawn ; and after disposing of their fish , return
home in ...
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mother were dead ; that she worked in a far mer's house for her victuals ; that ,
having no clothes but those on her back , a farmer in the neighbourhood had
offered her a gown and petticoat , and half a guinea for liberty to sleep with her .
mother were dead ; that she worked in a far mer's house for her victuals ; that ,
having no clothes but those on her back , a farmer in the neighbourhood had
offered her a gown and petticoat , and half a guinea for liberty to sleep with her .
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| Title | Franklin's Letters to His Kinsfolk, Written During the Years 1818, '19 & '20, from Edinburgh, London, The Highlands of Scotland, and Ireland, Volume 1 Franklin's Letters to His Kinsfolk, Written During the Years 1818, '19 & '20, from Edinburgh, London, The Highlands of Scotland, and Ireland, Franklin James Didier |
| Author | Franklin James Didier |
| Publisher | J. Maxwell, 1822 |
| Original from | The Ohio State University |
| Digitized | 7 Jul 2016 |
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