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... servants , and I slept on the hearth ‡ among the hot cinders . In summerÏ wore nothing but a long shirt and a piece of rope about my waist : in winter I covered my nakedness with whatever came in my way — any old jacket or fragment of a ...
... servants , and I slept on the hearth ‡ among the hot cinders . In summerÏ wore nothing but a long shirt and a piece of rope about my waist : in winter I covered my nakedness with whatever came in my way — any old jacket or fragment of a ...
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... servants , maid - servants , and even the foot - boys . They sent me to the kartchma * for vodky , † placed me on the out - look in sundry places , with- out explaining their reasons ; with orders to whistle or clap my hands on the ...
... servants , maid - servants , and even the foot - boys . They sent me to the kartchma * for vodky , † placed me on the out - look in sundry places , with- out explaining their reasons ; with orders to whistle or clap my hands on the ...
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... servants , after they had got a scolding or beating from the higher powers , they would wreak their vengeance upon me , driving me out of their way either with a blow or a curse . If I chanced to be tempted by curiosity to look on while ...
... servants , after they had got a scolding or beating from the higher powers , they would wreak their vengeance upon me , driving me out of their way either with a blow or a curse . If I chanced to be tempted by curiosity to look on while ...
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... servants , Masha , * a cheerful and kind- looking girl , who used to place me on the watch in the gar- den oftener than the other chambermaids ; this young wo- man meeting me one day in the court - yard at twilight in an autumn evening ...
... servants , Masha , * a cheerful and kind- looking girl , who used to place me on the watch in the gar- den oftener than the other chambermaids ; this young wo- man meeting me one day in the court - yard at twilight in an autumn evening ...
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... servants to be a pretty accurate thermo- meter of the dispositions of their master or mistress , the one being as variable as the other . This rule , however , is only applicable to people whom the master and mistress consider to be ...
... servants to be a pretty accurate thermo- meter of the dispositions of their master or mistress , the one being as variable as the other . This rule , however , is only applicable to people whom the master and mistress consider to be ...
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Page 192 - But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest : for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.