THERE is a particular season of the year in the city of New York, when ragamuffins and vagabonds take a sudden rise in respectability ; when a tarpaulin hat is viewed with the same mysterious regard as the crown of an emperor... The Motley Book: A Series of Tales and Sketches - Pagina 79 di Cornelius Mathews - 1838 - 190 pagine Visualizzazione completa -
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