Shifting Scenes in Theatrical LifeRoutledge, Warne, & Routledge, 1859 - 295 pages |
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... woman has just washed and coloured . But there is no tub visible , you will say , how then has she performed this operation ? Why , she has dabbled them through the wash - hand basin . thing ! she couldn't leave her baby while she went ...
... woman has just washed and coloured . But there is no tub visible , you will say , how then has she performed this operation ? Why , she has dabbled them through the wash - hand basin . thing ! she couldn't leave her baby while she went ...
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... woman shakes her head , hushes the infant on her lap , murmurs some indistinct words , and begins to stitch spangles on a much - worn white satin shoe of tiny dimensions . How often she sighs over her task , and impatiently rocks her ...
... woman shakes her head , hushes the infant on her lap , murmurs some indistinct words , and begins to stitch spangles on a much - worn white satin shoe of tiny dimensions . How often she sighs over her task , and impatiently rocks her ...
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... woman you are , to be sure ! " 66 ' Pa , pa ! I've done it at last ! " cried a boy of about six years of age , as he shouldered his leg , musket - fashion ; " look , pa - there's for you ! clean as a whistle , isn't it ? " " C ' Boy ...
... woman you are , to be sure ! " 66 ' Pa , pa ! I've done it at last ! " cried a boy of about six years of age , as he shouldered his leg , musket - fashion ; " look , pa - there's for you ! clean as a whistle , isn't it ? " " C ' Boy ...
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... woman of the stall would , after he had made a purchase of her gingerbread , surely answer his questions civilly ... woman gave him the desired animal , and fivepence change . " There was a harp on the back of one of the ...
... woman of the stall would , after he had made a purchase of her gingerbread , surely answer his questions civilly ... woman gave him the desired animal , and fivepence change . " There was a harp on the back of one of the ...
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Eliza Winstanley. " That was of no consequence , " the woman replied . " But will people take it ? " asked Julius . · " Yes ; in Wigan the folks are not over - nice about money -it doesn't matter to them whether there is a harp or a woman ...
Eliza Winstanley. " That was of no consequence , " the woman replied . " But will people take it ? " asked Julius . · " Yes ; in Wigan the folks are not over - nice about money -it doesn't matter to them whether there is a harp or a woman ...
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