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Her father was a shop-assistant; her mother, Karolina, died in 1902.
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At first I asked no help from prominent persons, and when some clerk or shop-assistant would say, ‘Dr. So-and-so or Professor So-and-so will have nothing to do with us’, I would answer, ‘When we prove we can gather sheep shepherds will come’.
Collected Works of W. B. Yeats Volume III Autobiographies W.B. Yeats 1965
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At first I asked no help from prominent persons, and when some clerk or shop-assistant would say, ‘Dr. So-and-so or Professor So-and-so will have nothing to do with us’, I would answer, ‘When we prove we can gather sheep shepherds will come’.
Collected Works of W. B. Yeats Volume III Autobiographies W.B. Yeats 1965
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At first I asked no help from prominent persons, and when some clerk or shop-assistant would say, ‘Dr. So-and-so or Professor So-and-so will have nothing to do with us’, I would answer, ‘When we prove we can gather sheep shepherds will come’.
Collected Works of W. B. Yeats Volume III Autobiographies W.B. Yeats 1965
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At first I asked no help from prominent persons, and when some clerk or shop-assistant would say, ‘Dr. So-and-so or Professor So-and-so will have nothing to do with us’, I would answer, ‘When we prove we can gather sheep shepherds will come’.
Collected Works of W. B. Yeats Volume III Autobiographies W.B. Yeats 1965
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We have seen a girl strolling, indifferent, insolent, along the seashore, we have seen a shop-assistant, serious and active, behind her counter, who will answer us stiffly, if only so as to escape the sarcasm of her comrades, a fruit seller who barely answers us at all.
The Captive 2003
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With the selection of the light colour two things have to be considered: Firstly, the colour rendition qualities of the products sold are important and secondly, customer and shop-assistant must find themselves in a pleasant light.
9. Commercial Lighting Fittings Frank Ponemunski 1991
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At first I asked no help from prominent persons, and when some clerk or shop-assistant would say, ‘Dr. So-and-so or Professor So-and-so will have nothing to do with us’, I would answer, ‘When we prove we can gather sheep shepherds will come’.
Autobiographies W.B. Yeats 1965
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I was in the pit at some theatre, and had just noticed Arthur Symons a little in front of me, when I heard a young man, who looked like a shop-assistant or clerk, say, There is Arthur Symons.
Autobiographies W.B. Yeats 1965
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At first I asked no help from prominent persons, and when some clerk or shop-assistant would say, ‘Dr. So-and-so or Professor So-and-so will have nothing to do with us’, I would answer, ‘When we prove we can gather sheep shepherds will come’.
Autobiographies W.B. Yeats 1965
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