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Northern Illinois University
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| Series: |
New York Weekly
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v. 25 no. 33
— page 8 |
| Alternate Title: |
Semi-Genteel Beggars |
| Subject / Tag: |
Sketch |
| Part of: |
New York Weekly, v. XXV, no. 33, June 30, 1870 (Issue) |
| Author: |
Urner, Nathan D.
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| Date: |
June 30, 1870 |
| First Sentence: |
Some years ago, in my frequent passages to and for around the corners of Nassau and Spruce streets, I daily noticed a tall, slender, elderly man, who invariably eyed me earnestly, and with the most profound respect. |
| Last Sentence: |
He did venture to call several times, and was so summarily kicked into the gutter that he gave up the business in disgust, and returned to his former exalted vocation of corner-loafing. |
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