Westminster, that we find the most flagrant traces of their swarming activity. There the foul and dismal passages are thronged with children of both sexes, and of every age from three to thirteen. Though wan and haggard, they are singularly vivacious,... The Glory and Shame of England - Page 369by Charles Edwards Lester - 1866Full view - About this book
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| Henry Charles Carey - 1859 - 528 pages
...where all sense of propriety and self* " Whitechapel and Spitalfields," says the Quarterly Review, "teem with them like an ant's nest ; but it is in...in every sort of occupation but that which would be beneficial to themselves and creditable to the neighborhood. Their appearance is wild ; the matted... | |
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...life; where all sense of propriety and self* "'Whitechapcl and Spitalfields," snys the Quarterly Renew, "teem with them like an ant's nest; but it is in Lambeth...engaged in every sort of occupation but that which would bo beneficial to themselves and creditable to the neighborhood. Their appearonce is wild; the matted... | |
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| Henry Charles Carey - 1859 - 546 pages
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| Henry Charles Carey - 1860 - 528 pages
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| Joseph Kay - 1863 - 332 pages
...concealed behind the deceptive frontages of our larger thoroughfares. Whitechapel and Spitalfields teem with them like an ant's nest; but it is in Lambeth...every sort of occupation but that, which would be beneficial to themselves and creditable to the neighbourhood. Their appearance is wild ; the matted... | |
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