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Stranica 69
... shilling a year . He had no objection to this , because it gave him a title . As long as the quit rent was duly paid , and he could produce the receipt , he was safe in the occupation of his cottage , and no one could turn him out . To ...
... shilling a year . He had no objection to this , because it gave him a title . As long as the quit rent was duly paid , and he could produce the receipt , he was safe in the occupation of his cottage , and no one could turn him out . To ...
Stranica 83
... shilling a week . That is enough ; the labourer seeks another tumble- down place where he can live for tenpence a week , and the poor and infirm have to go to the workhouse . So , rather than be annoyed with the endless complaints and ...
... shilling a week . That is enough ; the labourer seeks another tumble- down place where he can live for tenpence a week , and the poor and infirm have to go to the workhouse . So , rather than be annoyed with the endless complaints and ...
Stranica 119
... shilling and a pint of beer per day , and in some places fifteenpence . The Arcadian inno- cence of the hayfield , sung by the poets , is the most barefaced fiction ; for those times are the rural saturnalia , and the broadest and ...
... shilling and a pint of beer per day , and in some places fifteenpence . The Arcadian inno- cence of the hayfield , sung by the poets , is the most barefaced fiction ; for those times are the rural saturnalia , and the broadest and ...
Stranica 132
... shilling or two she asks in advance , she purchases cheap ornaments of the pedlar at the door . Her life is low enough socially- it is almost an annual round of working , eat- ing , and sleeping ( no one sleeps like a farm- wench ) ...
... shilling or two she asks in advance , she purchases cheap ornaments of the pedlar at the door . Her life is low enough socially- it is almost an annual round of working , eat- ing , and sleeping ( no one sleeps like a farm- wench ) ...
Stranica 150
... shilling or so a week ; and a shilling goes a long way with a woman who lives upon tea and sops . In their latter days these women resemble the pollard oaks , which linger on year after year , and finally fall from sheer decay . AN ...
... shilling or so a week ; and a shilling goes a long way with a woman who lives upon tea and sops . In their latter days these women resemble the pollard oaks , which linger on year after year , and finally fall from sheer decay . AN ...
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