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I have been waiting from day to day to write, so that I might say something definite about my 'tin-tacks' (an allusion to the old man in Workhouse Ward who had pains like tin-tacks in his inside) and possible plans.
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[Page 178] hysterics in Workhouse Ward, and when the old woman comes on, they did not laugh but bent forward and took it quite seriously.
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Just outside the Workhouse was a sort of booth, or "lean-to," where a very respectable woman sold daffodils and wall-flowers, which we used to buy for our friends inside.
Fifteen Chapters of Autobiography George William Erskine Russell 1886
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The Genealogue: So That's What 'Workhouse' Means! skip to main skip to sidebar
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Alms or Workhouse which is on a magnificent scale; thence to the
A Journey to America in 1834 Robert Heywood 1827
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"Work'us" ( "Workhouse"), he is implying, for 1838, precisely what we convey today when we speak disparagingly of "welfare queens."
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The Workhouse Arts Center, a project of the Lorton Arts Foundation is home for more than 150 of the region's finest professional and emerging artists as well as cooperative studios, performance and theatre venues and dedicated gallery space.
John Gascot: First Annual Workhouse National Ceramics Exhibition John Gascot 2011
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The Workhouse Arts Center, a project of the Lorton Arts Foundation is home for more than 150 of the region's finest professional and emerging artists as well as cooperative studios, performance and theatre venues and dedicated gallery space.
John Gascot: First Annual Workhouse National Ceramics Exhibition John Gascot 2011
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The 1st Annual Workhouse National Ceramics Exhibition is open to the public until August 28 on the second floor of Gallery W-16.
John Gascot: First Annual Workhouse National Ceramics Exhibition John Gascot 2011
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The 1st Annual Workhouse National Ceramics Exhibition is open to the public until August 28 on the second floor of Gallery W-16.
John Gascot: First Annual Workhouse National Ceramics Exhibition John Gascot 2011
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