 | 1843 - 424 σελίδες
...were stuffed with rags. A plain board coffin — that from its size must be that of a child — lay on two chairs in the centre of the room ; a woman,...; and by a corner of the fire-place, seated on the 0oor, was a man in a stale of beastly intoxication. This man, as I afterwards learned, was the father... | |
 | World, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1870 - 822 σελίδες
...were stuffed with rags. A plain board coffin — which, from its size, must be that of a child — lay on two chairs in the centre of the room ; a woman,...in a state of beastly intoxication. This man, as I afterwards learned, was the father of the child, whom, on the preceding day, in another fit of drunkenness,... | |
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A plain board coffin — which, from its size, must be that of a child — lay on two chairs in the centre of the room ; a woman, sobbing aloud, was bending over it ; ten or twelve men stood around in silence ; and by a corner of the fireplace, seated... 