Putnam's Magazine: Original Papers on Literature, Science, Art, and National Interests, Volumen2 |
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However close may have been his observations , however thorough his studies , all that he has learned becomes poor and scanty by contrast with the wealth of knowl- edge which the unburied Vesuvian city now gives to the day .
However close may have been his observations , however thorough his studies , all that he has learned becomes poor and scanty by contrast with the wealth of knowl- edge which the unburied Vesuvian city now gives to the day .
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It guards the poor against the extortion of free pawnbroking . Through fifteen years , 1,313,000 articles were pawned annually , and the average of the loans was but 17 francs 40 centimes -some three dollars and a half .
It guards the poor against the extortion of free pawnbroking . Through fifteen years , 1,313,000 articles were pawned annually , and the average of the loans was but 17 francs 40 centimes -some three dollars and a half .
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On the best floor are the salons and fine apartments for the rich ; on the next floor , those for the well - to- do ; above , for the artisans , and higher up for the poor . Eating has become a fine art . Res- taurants of every grade ...
On the best floor are the salons and fine apartments for the rich ; on the next floor , those for the well - to- do ; above , for the artisans , and higher up for the poor . Eating has become a fine art . Res- taurants of every grade ...
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And yet the consumption of meat here is found to be twenty per cent . less than in London . Wine flows into the city at the rate of 70,000,000 gallons a - year ; and as the water sup- ply is poor , it is freely drunk .
And yet the consumption of meat here is found to be twenty per cent . less than in London . Wine flows into the city at the rate of 70,000,000 gallons a - year ; and as the water sup- ply is poor , it is freely drunk .
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A high - mass costs from 50 to 300 francs ; a grand marriage , with carpets , chairs , choir , & c . , costs some 300 francs ; and blessed candles for the poor to burn before the shrine of " Our Lady " can be had for a few sous .
A high - mass costs from 50 to 300 francs ; a grand marriage , with carpets , chairs , choir , & c . , costs some 300 francs ; and blessed candles for the poor to burn before the shrine of " Our Lady " can be had for a few sous .
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