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Page 37
... Moses , the master of the house , who was reckoned to be one of the richest inhabitants of the town . His wife Reef- ka , * a fat woman of a low figure , whose head was decked all over with pearls , and , besides , some natural ...
... Moses , the master of the house , who was reckoned to be one of the richest inhabitants of the town . His wife Reef- ka , * a fat woman of a low figure , whose head was decked all over with pearls , and , besides , some natural ...
Page 38
... Moses ' writing there lay three huge books or registers of debts . The first contained the debts of the fair sex , contracted in Reefka's shop ; the second held the debts of the landholders , or of such men in general as were called ...
... Moses ' writing there lay three huge books or registers of debts . The first contained the debts of the fair sex , contracted in Reefka's shop ; the second held the debts of the landholders , or of such men in general as were called ...
Page 40
... Moses ' daughters , Sorka and Reef ka kept plying the peasant with Vodky ; and the Jew went on scoring , it mattered not whether the peasant agreed or disa- greed with the items marked against him , and making no distinction of measures ...
... Moses ' daughters , Sorka and Reef ka kept plying the peasant with Vodky ; and the Jew went on scoring , it mattered not whether the peasant agreed or disa- greed with the items marked against him , and making no distinction of measures ...
Page 41
... Moses ' wife , Reefka , who also sold goods upon credit , and , in place of interest , received from the landholders ' wives whole tubs of butter and coopfuls of domestic fowls , chose such a time for settling with her debtors , when ...
... Moses ' wife , Reefka , who also sold goods upon credit , and , in place of interest , received from the landholders ' wives whole tubs of butter and coopfuls of domestic fowls , chose such a time for settling with her debtors , when ...
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... Moses ' house two agents of rich proprietors , on their return from Riga with money re- ceived for corn and hemp which they had sold . These gen- tlemen agents , it appeared , were on an intimate footing with Moses ; they gave him ...
... Moses ' house two agents of rich proprietors , on their return from Riga with money re- ceived for corn and hemp which they had sold . These gen- tlemen agents , it appeared , were on an intimate footing with Moses ; they gave him ...
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