Word: reads
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...found this comment as what was meant for a description: "Regarded as a chapter this shows skill. It reminds me of a passage in Kidnapped." Now it happened that my illiterate friend had merely "skimmed" Kidnapped two years before. What did the criticism tell him? Even if he had read Kidnapped how was he to know whether his theme seemed to the instructor a feeble imitation or a dangerous rival of Mr. Stevenson? And certainly the comment told absolutely nothing about the theme regarded as a description...
...FINE Mahogany Carved Mantel Bric-a-Brac Case, very cheap, at Powers, Read's Building, 30 Boylston street...
WEATHER STRIPS, Outside Windows, to keep out the wind and cold are now being put on by Powers, 30 Boylston street, Read's Building...
WEATHER STRIPS, Outside Windows, to keep out the wind and cold are now being put on by Powers, 30 Boylston street, Read's Building
...FINE GUITARS for sale at Powers, 'Read's Building, 30 Boylston street...