Excerpt from The Guinea Stamp: A Tale of Modern Glasgow Such there were, Gladys had never heard of them, and did not believe they lived. She was very old in know ledge of the world, that bitterest of all knowledge, which poverty had taught. She had even known what it was, that gentle child, to be hungry and have nothing to eat - a misery enhanced by the proud, sensitive Spirit which was the only heritage John Graham had left the daughter for whom, most cheerfully, he would have laid down his life. The village people had ...
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Excerpt from The Guinea Stamp: A Tale of Modern Glasgow Such there were, Gladys had never heard of them, and did not believe they lived. She was very old in know ledge of the world, that bitterest of all knowledge, which poverty had taught. She had even known what it was, that gentle child, to be hungry and have nothing to eat - a misery enhanced by the proud, sensitive Spirit which was the only heritage John Graham had left the daughter for whom, most cheerfully, he would have laid down his life. The village people had been kind after their homely way; but they, working hard all day with their hands, and eating at eventide the substantial bread of their honest toil, were possessed of a great contempt for the worn and haggard man who tramped their meadow-ways with his Sketch-books under his arm, his daughter always with him, preserving still the look and manners of the gently born, though they wore the shabbiest of shabby garments, and could scarcely pay for the simple food they ate. It was a great mystery to them, and they regarded the spectacle with the im patience of those who did not understand. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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