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The land of pluck; stories and sketches for young folk (1894)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · New York : Century Co. · leaf 57

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\\ CARRYING MILK AND CHEESE TO MARKET. carry. Those canal-boats around the corner, wendingtheir way among the houses, are loaded with peat forthe people to burn; coal is a luxury used only by therich. That barge by the market-place, drawn up to *» the streets edge (for many of the principal… … A WATER-BARGE. are half water and half street), is laden with - - what doyou think ? What should you suppose these people would,least of all, need to buy ? You see these canals, followingand crossing the streets in every direction; you see themastheads and sails rising everywhere, in among thetrees…

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