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All around a palette (1878)

Champney, Elizabeth W. (Elizabeth Williams), 1850-1922, Champney, James Wells, 1843-1903. ill, Lockwood, Brooks, and Company. pbl, Welch, Bigelow & Co. prt · Boston : Lockwood, Brooks, and Co. · leaf 181

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ice, who could not be madeto understand that no one wanted oranges. Sorryenough is the traveller, on his arrival at the summit,heated with the climb and half suffocated with lava-dust, if he has persisted in his refusal to buy. Hehas none of these golden, globular wine-skins, onlywaiting for his… … streets in great goldenheaps. Half-naked boysand girls make their liv- £ ing by selling them, andeat them in their seasonas the cheapest food.Nearly every travellerwho makes the ascent ofMount Vesuvius remem-bers that he was followed NEAPOLITAN ORANGES. 167 indulgent fathers and mothers they make.…

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