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Handley Cross, Or, Mr. Jorrocks' Hunt; With Illustrations by John Leech Volume 2

Robert Smith Surtees

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Description:This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 edition. ...their farms--maybe their families--lcavin' bulls to bail themselves, cattle to get out of the pound, and wagrants into the stocks, as they can; l1up,I say, they come to town, to get stuck in garrets at inns with the use of filthy, cigar-smokin', spitty, sandy-floored, sawdusty coffee-rooms, a 'underd and seventy-five steps below, at a price that's perfectly appallin'. Vot misery is theirs! Down they come of a mornin', arter a restless, tumblin', heated, noisy night, to the day den of the establishment, with little happetite for breakfast, but feelin' the necessity of havin' some in order to kill time. A greasy-collared, jerkin', lank-'aired waiter casts a second-'and, badly washed web over a slip of table, in a stewy, red--curtained box, into which the sun beats with unmitigated wengeance. A Britannia-metal teapot, a cup, a plate, a knife, and a japanned tea-caddie make their appearance. Then comes a sugar-basin, followed by a swarm of flies, that 'unt it as the 'ounds would a fox, and a small jug of " sky-blue," which the flies use as a bath durin' their repast on the sugar. A half-buttered muflin mounts a waterless slop-basin; a dirty egg accompanies some toasted wedges of bread; the waiter points to a lump of carrion wot he calls beef, on a dusty sideboard, and promises the " Post" as soon as it is out of 'and. Sixteen gents sit at sixteen slips of table, lookin' at each other with curiosity or suspicion, but never a word is exchanged by any on them. Prisently they begin to wacate their slips of wood. One paces hup and down the coffee-room, with his thumbs in the harm-'oles of his veskit; another takes a...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Handley Cross, Or, Mr. Jorrocks' Hunt; With Illustrations by John Leech Volume 2. To get started finding Handley Cross, Or, Mr. Jorrocks' Hunt; With Illustrations by John Leech Volume 2, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 edition. ...their farms--maybe their families--lcavin' bulls to bail themselves, cattle to get out of the pound, and wagrants into the stocks, as they can; l1up,I say, they come to town, to get stuck in garrets at inns with the use of filthy, cigar-smokin', spitty, sandy-floored, sawdusty coffee-rooms, a 'underd and seventy-five steps below, at a price that's perfectly appallin'. Vot misery is theirs! Down they come of a mornin', arter a restless, tumblin', heated, noisy night, to the day den of the establishment, with little happetite for breakfast, but feelin' the necessity of havin' some in order to kill time. A greasy-collared, jerkin', lank-'aired waiter casts a second-'and, badly washed web over a slip of table, in a stewy, red--curtained box, into which the sun beats with unmitigated wengeance. A Britannia-metal teapot, a cup, a plate, a knife, and a japanned tea-caddie make their appearance. Then comes a sugar-basin, followed by a swarm of flies, that 'unt it as the 'ounds would a fox, and a small jug of " sky-blue," which the flies use as a bath durin' their repast on the sugar. A half-buttered muflin mounts a waterless slop-basin; a dirty egg accompanies some toasted wedges of bread; the waiter points to a lump of carrion wot he calls beef, on a dusty sideboard, and promises the " Post" as soon as it is out of 'and. Sixteen gents sit at sixteen slips of table, lookin' at each other with curiosity or suspicion, but never a word is exchanged by any on them. Prisently they begin to wacate their slips of wood. One paces hup and down the coffee-room, with his thumbs in the harm-'oles of his veskit; another takes a...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Handley Cross, Or, Mr. Jorrocks' Hunt; With Illustrations by John Leech Volume 2. To get started finding Handley Cross, Or, Mr. Jorrocks' Hunt; With Illustrations by John Leech Volume 2, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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