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[ ESSAYS]
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| ... it "waits" on something or other. And this committee goes up to General Moses' private office. It is his busy day. They have to stand in line and wait their turn. When they get up to Moses' desk, the great prophet says, "Boys, what is it? Cut it short, busy." ... |
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[ FICTION]
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| ... finished joyously, as the telltale color dyed Billy's face. The next moment her own cheeks burned scarlet. ``And to think of my letting _you_ stand in line for a twenty-five-cent admission!she scorned. ``Nonsense!laughed Billy. ``It didn't hurt me any more than it did you. Come!in ... |
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[ FICTION]
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| ... performed), to the office of a night-boat line, where the clerk has so often forced me, with hundreds of other weary victims, to stand in line like convicts, while he chats with a "lady friend," his back turned to us and his leg comfortably thrown over the arm of ... |
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[ ENGLISH FICTION]
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| ... voice an instantaneous express to its destination. More is demanded from her than from any other servant of the public. Her clients refuse to stand in line and quietly wait their turn, as they are quite willing to do in stores and theatres and barber shops and railway stations and ... |
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| ... This evening the Veneerings give a banquet. Eleven leaves in the Twemlow; fourteen in company all told. Four pigeon-breasted retainers in plain clothes stand in line in the hall. A fifth retainer, proceeding up the staircase with a mournful air--as who should say, 'Here is another wretched creature ... |
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[ POETRY]
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| ... Monster of the sea! we drive him Back into his hungry brine. - You shall lodge him, feed him, wive him, Look on us; we stand in line. - Pale sea-monster! foul the waters Cast him; foul he leaves our land. - You shall yield us land and daughters: Stay the tongue, ... |
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[ SOCIALISM & RELATED SYSTEMS]
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| ... is enough goods in a store, the purchasers can come whenever they want to. When there is little goods, the purchasers are compelled to stand in line. When the lines are very long, it is necessary to appoint a policeman to keep order. Such is the starting point of the ... |
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| ... back streets of Barcelona, full of revolutionary ardour but completely ignorant of the meaning of war. It was impossible even to get them to stand in line. Discipline did not exist; if a man disliked an order he would step out of the ranks and argue fiercely with the officer. ... |
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[ MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS]
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| ... New York, to live then massed like bunches in the “Tenements Houses”, workers’ hive-houses, in poor hygienic, physical and moral conditions, others would stand in line inside the Railway Hall, behind the baggage lobby, to get tickets for the railroads crossing the country, often paying first class fares for ... |
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[ GENERAL ENCYCLOPEDIC WORKS - OTHERS IN ENGLISH]
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| ... imprisoned without any trial due to an argument concerning wages. In Fuzes (Fizes) Antal Zsigmond, laborer, age 66, spoke up angrily about having to stand in line for bread in spite of last years record wheat crop. "If they just wouldn''t take everything out of this country to feed their ... |
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[ SOCIALISM & RELATED SYSTEMS]
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| ... The sailors did everything they could to make my life easier, and it was only by constant protests that I kept my right to stand in line for dinner and to do my share of the compulsory work of sweeping floors, peeling potatoes, washing crockery, and cleaning the common lavatory. ... |
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