Chambers's Edinburgh Journal

Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 421 Volume 17, New Series, January 24, 1852

Various; Chambers, Robert, 1802-1871 [Editor]; Chambers, William, 1800-1883 [Editor]· 2 chapters· 12,102 words

wood; I take it up into the apartments; I carry portmanteaus and luggage, and whatever offers itself; I carry letters and parcels; I rub the floors of apartments and stairs; I wash the floors and the dining-rooms; I change furniture from one house to another with a handbarrow-...

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1. did. Setting off at a great rate, he said:--'Sir, I black boots; I saw

wood; I take it up into the apartments; I carry portmanteaus and luggage, and whatever offers itself; I carry letters and parcels; I rub the floors of apartments and stairs; I w...

2. did. You see, sir, he war a soldier, a fightin' out in Indy, and his

poor wife lef at home wi' them two blossoms o' gals. He warn't what you call a common soldier, sir, but some kind o' officer like; an' in some great battle fought seven year ago...