The Glory and the Shame of England, المجلد 1Bentley, 1841 |
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... asked for food a thousand times , and asked in vain , is shivering in the cold damps of night . In that lonely chamber might be heard the dying groan of one once beautiful and vir- tuous , but now outcast and deserted , with no one but ...
... asked for food a thousand times , and asked in vain , is shivering in the cold damps of night . In that lonely chamber might be heard the dying groan of one once beautiful and vir- tuous , but now outcast and deserted , with no one but ...
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... asked for charity , to examine the case for myself . I stopped , therefore , a few moments to converse with this woman . There could , at least , be no deception in her eyes ; for they had both perished , and left only their hollow ...
... asked for charity , to examine the case for myself . I stopped , therefore , a few moments to converse with this woman . There could , at least , be no deception in her eyes ; for they had both perished , and left only their hollow ...
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... asked her a few questions . She seemed to be in poor health , and this was readily explained : " I have sold Companions and Guides here , " she said , " ever since the railway opened , on the 4th of July , 1837. That 4th of July I think ...
... asked her a few questions . She seemed to be in poor health , and this was readily explained : " I have sold Companions and Guides here , " she said , " ever since the railway opened , on the 4th of July , 1837. That 4th of July I think ...
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... many of my friends have been ruined there . " A twelve - month ago a young friend of mine , the Marquis of- came to me about 12 o'clock at night , in the saloon of the Club , and asked me for £ 1000 . I 26 GLORY AND SHAME OF ENGLAND .
... many of my friends have been ruined there . " A twelve - month ago a young friend of mine , the Marquis of- came to me about 12 o'clock at night , in the saloon of the Club , and asked me for £ 1000 . I 26 GLORY AND SHAME OF ENGLAND .
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... asked me for £ 5000 : he was a friend , and I could not refuse him . I gave it to him , and in half an hour he had not only lost every guinea of it , but im- poverished his family for ten years . You may imagine the feelings of his ...
... asked me for £ 5000 : he was a friend , and I could not refuse him . I gave it to him , and in half an hour he had not only lost every guinea of it , but im- poverished his family for ten years . You may imagine the feelings of his ...
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