| Title | The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists |
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| Page | 771 |
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| Chapter | -- |
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- that is, cheap cloth made of old rags and dirt; and shoddy, uncomfortable ironclad boots. If you see a workman wearing a really good suit of clothes you may safely conclude that he is either leading an unnatural life - that is, he is not married - or that he has obtained it from a tallyman on the hire system and has not yet paid for it - or that it is someone else's cast-off suit that he has bought second-hand or had given to him by some charitable person. It's the same with the food. All the ducks and geese, pheasants, partridges, and all the very best parts of the very best meat - all the soles and the finest plaice and salmon and trout -' `'Ere chuck it,' cried Harlow, fiercely. `We don't want to 'ear no more of it,' and several others protested against the lecturer wasting time on such mere details. `- all the very best of everything is |
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