Shifting Scenes in Theatrical LifeRoutledge, Warne, & Routledge, 1859 - 295 pages |
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... Poor thing ! she couldn't leave her baby while she went down to the kitchen ; so she did the best she could . She thinks it is a sad struggle to rear children in the midst of the poverty and hardships of a strolling player's life ; but ...
... Poor thing ! she couldn't leave her baby while she went down to the kitchen ; so she did the best she could . She thinks it is a sad struggle to rear children in the midst of the poverty and hardships of a strolling player's life ; but ...
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... Poor dears ! " exclaimed Emma , " they work so hard ! I would rather work hard myself , I mean twice as hard as I do work , to save those precious girls . Zarina is eight years old , and ought to be at school like other children of her ...
... Poor dears ! " exclaimed Emma , " they work so hard ! I would rather work hard myself , I mean twice as hard as I do work , to save those precious girls . Zarina is eight years old , and ought to be at school like other children of her ...
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... poor repute . From his earliest boyhood , Julius had been on the stage ; his first introduction to the footlights being in the character of Cora's child , in the play of " Pizarro . " From that period his services were in constant ...
... poor repute . From his earliest boyhood , Julius had been on the stage ; his first introduction to the footlights being in the character of Cora's child , in the play of " Pizarro . " From that period his services were in constant ...
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... poor boy who became Lord Mayor of London . Julius wished the bells would ring , that he might , out of their sound , read his fortune . He was not far from a church , for he could see the spire of one above the trees in the distance ...
... poor boy who became Lord Mayor of London . Julius wished the bells would ring , that he might , out of their sound , read his fortune . He was not far from a church , for he could see the spire of one above the trees in the distance ...
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... poor feller ! " she added , " ' a wunder who his muther be ! " The clown , having succeeded in getting Julius across his shoulder , now sought to push his way through the crowd , which had become more densely packed , in consequence of ...
... poor feller ! " she added , " ' a wunder who his muther be ! " The clown , having succeeded in getting Julius across his shoulder , now sought to push his way through the crowd , which had become more densely packed , in consequence of ...
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