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" Reader, if thou meetest one of these small gentry in thy early rambles, it is good to give him a penny. It is better to give him twopence. "
Time's Telescope for ... ; Or, A Complete Guide to the Almanack - Page 108
1828
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 65

1849 - 792 pages
...his wares were in that throat To stop at least Aw London Cries. f * " If thou meetest one of those small gentry in thy early rambles, it is good to give him a peuny — it is better to give him twopence. If it be stormy weather," adds Lamb, in that tone of tender...
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Arliss's Literary collections

John Arliss - 1825 - 382 pages
...crowned, with a tree in his hand, rises." Reader, if thou meetest one of these small gentry in tby rambles, it is good to give him a penny. It is better to give him two. pence. If it be stormy weather, and to the proper troubles of his hard occupation, a pair of kibed...
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The every-day book, or, The guide to the year

William Hone - 1825 - 842 pages
...stage direction in Macbeth, where the ' Apparition of a child crowned with a tree in his hand rises.' " thy way to Mantua : Therefore stay, yet, thou ncetl'st not to rainUrs, it is good to give him -a penny. It is better to give him two-pence. If it be starving weather,...
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The Every-day Book: Or Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements, Sports ...

William Hone - 1826 - 892 pages
...direction in Macbeth, where the ' Apparition of a child crowned with a tree in his hand rises.' " Header, if thou meetest one of these small gentry in thy early...penny. It is better to give him two-pence. If it be sta»ving weather, and to the proper troubles of his hard occupation, a pair of kibed heels (no unusual...
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The Etymological Compendium, Or, Portfolio of Origins and Inventions ...

William Pulleyn - 1830 - 402 pages
...employed for the cleansing of chimnies ; a practice, let us trust, which will ere long be superceded. Reader, if thou meetest one of these small gentry...pair of kibed heels (no unusual accompaniment) be supeiadded, the demand on thy humanity will surely rise to a tester * The following anecdote will,...
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Sketches of Life and Character: Taken at the Police Court, Bow Street

George Hodder - 1845 - 364 pages
...sympathizing Charles Lamb's advice respecting boys of another stamp — the chimney-sweepers. " If thon meetest one of these small gentry in thy early rambles,...him a penny. — It is better to give him twopence." Truly, the money which the Italian boy gathers is not for himself : he is bound, by cruel oppression,...
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Sketches of Life and Character: Taken at the Police Court, Bow Street

George Hodder - 1845 - 364 pages
...kind-hearted sympathizing Charles Lamb's advice respecting boys of another stamp—the chimney-sweepers. " If thou meetest one of these small gentry in thy early rambles, it is good to give him a penny.—It is better to give him twopence." Truly, the money which the Italian boy gathers is not...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 65

1849 - 864 pages
...at least his London Cries.f ""If thou meetest one of those small gentry in thy early rambles, it ia good to give him a penny — it is better to give him twopence. If it be stormy weather,'' adds Lamb, in that tone of tender humour so exclusively his own — " If it be stormy...
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The Works of Charles Lamb: With a Sketch of His Life and Final ..., Volume 2

Charles Lamb, Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1855 - 624 pages
...stage direction in Macbeth, where the " Apparition of a child crowned with a tree in his hand rises." Reader, if thou meetest one of these small gentry...troubles of his hard occupation, a pair of kibed heels (ao unusual accompaniment) be superadded, the- demand on thy humanity will surely rise to a tester....
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The Essays of Elia

Charles Lamb - 1856 - 386 pages
...direction in Macbeth, where the " Ap parition of a child crowned, with a tree in his hand, rises." Reader, if thou meetest one of these small gentry...proper troubles of his hard occupation, a pair of kibod heels (no unusual accompaniment) be superadded, the demand on thy humanity will surely rise to...
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