Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 183
grayrats swarming down inthe cellars, and thesound of their squeak-ing and scuffling com-ing up the stairs at alltimes, and the dirt anddecay of the place, riseup visibly before me, asif I were there again.The counting-house was on thefirst floor, looking over the coal-barges and the river.… … Covering the Pots opPaste-blacking. Charles Dickens 155 and then to clip the paper close and neat, all round,until it looked as smart as a pot of ointment froman apothecarys shop. When a certain number ofgrosses of pots had attained this pitch of perfection,I was to paste on each a printed label,…
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