Nothing Venture, Nothing HaveAppleton, 1862 - 168 pages |
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Page 116 - inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these little ones, ye have done it unto me...
Page 55 - ... walls thickly begrimed with the accumulated filth of years, and so cracked that the plaster in places had fallen out in huge chunks, exposing the wood lathing. At the far end was a winding, ricketty staircase, every stair filthy with refuse and rubbish, and only dimly lighted by small windows that did not look as if they had been washed since the house was built. It was a steep climb to the sixth floor, and both were out of breath when they reached the top. Paula approached a door, and knocked....
Page 55 - He hired but one room in a wretched tenement, crowded with families as poor, and as squalid as want could make them. Dirty children were sitting on the front...
Page 56 - Nelly's dreams of home, and household love ; even her mother was like the rest when she came in, slatternly, heavy-eyed, and drooping, like a person who had lost all pride, and energy of character.
Page 9 - Miller was the old lady who lived in the other part of the house, and on Sunday evening they always took their tea together.