The Agony Column of the "Times" 1800-1870Alice Clay Chatto and Windus, 1881 - 305 páginas |
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... advertisements selected show a curious phase of life , interesting to an observer of human existence and human eccentricities . They are veiled in an air of ... advertisement 284805 No. 2 ) eventually married the unknown " Catholic widow.
... advertisements selected show a curious phase of life , interesting to an observer of human existence and human eccentricities . They are veiled in an air of ... advertisement 284805 No. 2 ) eventually married the unknown " Catholic widow.
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... ( advertisement No. 214 ) be- seech her lover , the " Crane , " to return to her ! Sorely must her patience have been tried as she scanned the paper in vain day after day for four months . The answer came at last ( advertisements No. 234 ...
... ( advertisement No. 214 ) be- seech her lover , the " Crane , " to return to her ! Sorely must her patience have been tried as she scanned the paper in vain day after day for four months . The answer came at last ( advertisements No. 234 ...
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... advertisement that appealed to our feelings in the day's paper may have been inserted by some one living under the same roof with us ! We find some of the pseudonyms used by the advertisers are very transparent disguises , for in ...
... advertisement that appealed to our feelings in the day's paper may have been inserted by some one living under the same roof with us ! We find some of the pseudonyms used by the advertisers are very transparent disguises , for in ...
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... advertisement of this description is found on June 23rd , 1864 ( No. 1387 ) — " Alexander Rochfort re- ported dead . I saw you yesterday . Moate vainly searched ten years . " The same rule applies to advertisement No. 1454 , the meaning ...
... advertisement of this description is found on June 23rd , 1864 ( No. 1387 ) — " Alexander Rochfort re- ported dead . I saw you yesterday . Moate vainly searched ten years . " The same rule applies to advertisement No. 1454 , the meaning ...
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... advertisements No. 1650 , 1651 , 1660 , 1666 , 1670 , 1680 , 1681 , 1696 , 1697 , 1698 , 1702 , and 1703 we go back to the simpler style of disguise , namely , that of reading the letter that follows the one written . Advertisement No ...
... advertisements No. 1650 , 1651 , 1660 , 1666 , 1670 , 1680 , 1681 , 1696 , 1697 , 1698 , 1702 , and 1703 we go back to the simpler style of disguise , namely , that of reading the letter that follows the one written . Advertisement No ...
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