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... England can only dribble out her poor by slow degrees , too slow to keep the home country safe . She ought to be looking out for social economies of every kind ; at least , that is the idea of many of the members of our Utilité Publique ...
... England can only dribble out her poor by slow degrees , too slow to keep the home country safe . She ought to be looking out for social economies of every kind ; at least , that is the idea of many of the members of our Utilité Publique ...
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... England gone from blunder to blunder . They have been build- ing great markets in London like the Columbia , and these have not been great successes . Why ? Because they are immense places for the wholesale trader to deal in . What they ...
... England gone from blunder to blunder . They have been build- ing great markets in London like the Columbia , and these have not been great successes . Why ? Because they are immense places for the wholesale trader to deal in . What they ...
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... authorities are in favour of less eating , that is , less substantial and a greater variety , than in England . For instance , you can't get such a salad ' -it was Romaine , and Baker was right — as we had just now , AT TABLE - D'HÔTE . 27.
... authorities are in favour of less eating , that is , less substantial and a greater variety , than in England . For instance , you can't get such a salad ' -it was Romaine , and Baker was right — as we had just now , AT TABLE - D'HÔTE . 27.
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... England will never be reduced to a diet of toadstools and weeds . They may be , as you say , underfed - though , on another occasion , I should like to go into that subject with you ; they may be ignorant , though I have yet to learn ...
... England will never be reduced to a diet of toadstools and weeds . They may be , as you say , underfed - though , on another occasion , I should like to go into that subject with you ; they may be ignorant , though I have yet to learn ...
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... quit of his company , ' Is ever housewife , be she old or young , comelier than when -from sweet kernels press'd She tempers dulcet creams ? ' CHAPTER VI . MADAME AT MARKET . ENGLAND has made 68 THE CUPBOARD PAPERS .
... quit of his company , ' Is ever housewife , be she old or young , comelier than when -from sweet kernels press'd She tempers dulcet creams ? ' CHAPTER VI . MADAME AT MARKET . ENGLAND has made 68 THE CUPBOARD PAPERS .
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