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... yard . Presently I pass the end of Curtain Road -- a sheer street of furniture - dealers , the metropolis of the trade . Every other man you meet is employed about furniture in one way or another . In the streets that radiate from ...
... yard . Presently I pass the end of Curtain Road -- a sheer street of furniture - dealers , the metropolis of the trade . Every other man you meet is employed about furniture in one way or another . In the streets that radiate from ...
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... yards underground . To the first you go down a sort of hatchway out of a flagged yard . You bend under an arch , turn into a vault , and go down a narrow sloping passage with a stumbling - step at the bottom . You tread in pools of ...
... yards underground . To the first you go down a sort of hatchway out of a flagged yard . You bend under an arch , turn into a vault , and go down a narrow sloping passage with a stumbling - step at the bottom . You tread in pools of ...
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... yard ! it's as good as a pantomime . " It seemed just as well that some one was there to take the hilarious view of it . The yard is a forlorn little patch of slum left untouched by the flooding tide of modern improvement . Behind the ...
... yard ! it's as good as a pantomime . " It seemed just as well that some one was there to take the hilarious view of it . The yard is a forlorn little patch of slum left untouched by the flooding tide of modern improvement . Behind the ...
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... yard . At first sight you see nothing . It is just a yard . The pavement is sloppy cobbles ; on the right is a shed , floored and walled and roofed with coal - dust , and tenanted by empty coal- waggons ; on the left stand other coal ...
... yard . At first sight you see nothing . It is just a yard . The pavement is sloppy cobbles ; on the right is a shed , floored and walled and roofed with coal - dust , and tenanted by empty coal- waggons ; on the left stand other coal ...
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... yard ; they need pocket - handkerchiefs and combs and soap and hair - cutting ; through the dirt and the yellow curls and tawdry Vandyke collars and coloured blouses you can dimly discern the family beauty . The gross income of the ...
... yard ; they need pocket - handkerchiefs and combs and soap and hair - cutting ; through the dirt and the yellow curls and tawdry Vandyke collars and coloured blouses you can dimly discern the family beauty . The gross income of the ...
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