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322 the dressmaker's life.
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The Following Is Tlie History Of A Dress...
pered feed silence , kept conversations of tip sleep till . the The took most slackest p livel lace y time between of the was talkers the in autumn partners was answered , and of the then by same the the
owners of the establishment were glad to get rid of us for a week or two in turn . Those who had friends in the country , went to visit them , a fortnight being allowed to each , though we might remain in
the house if we had nowhere to go , but in that case we were emhave ployed been , thoug in h this not so latter closel case y as from usual that . I isolated need hardl position y say that which I
made me feel the worst evils of , the system , the yearly repetition , of months of over-toil ; anything more dreary and depressing , could
it hardl grievances closed y be its conceived . doors Nor was : our however us life from within that week has the ' s nothing establishment end to to week do with ' s , even end general , when altoupon
be gether a destitute handa of book relaxation was read . Occasionall aloud , a good y , if novel there generall happened y , and to some spare of the irls , usuallbeing able to sing a songsolo , or in
gy , when parts our w , sometimes k , which busy quite such greatl things a y little enlivened were concert not and was to invi be got gorated thoug up of ht an us of . . evening Of course , over
" The very nature of , our pursuits after worktime of course depended on our various characters . The house was highly respectable , which , characterbut
immoral must however say , conduct was that no , during guarantee requiring ten years expulsion for individual ' experience came private , under only my one notice instance ; ; and of I
that there is was saying no le who such something , became thing as surel inmates moral y for depravit of the that , class house y to among whom , I will the it not refers numbers assert . That ;— of
young an immoral peop book might be slyly circulated , —a depraving conversation put might down be carried by the maj on , — orit but . it Gaiety was rarel in y dress , and when flourished it did among occur
was y squandered us to a great their extent whole , —indeed time was in alterating our besetting and sin decorating and folly . various Many cost at which
these articles the processes materials of attire were ; and achieved , lendid from the result , from comparativel in the the exercise y trifling of of new their bonnets own taste etc .
was on obtained . Others , a sp indulged in smugg way led buns and tarts , , and , went to sleep after a second supper , in spite of lig sort hts and of classification talk ; only ,
as we were allowed to choose our bedfellows , a took effectthose of similar tastes being attracted together . The chief feature , howeverwas the love of literature . After the longest
work day ' s work from , ei , some ht in would the , morning attempt to to ten read at ni ;— g affcer ht , one fourteen or two hours would ' g
mostl frequentl The books , novels y read read ;— till , thank especiall midni God g y ht at ,, without they such were seasons fire too the , , were in pure the , , I coldest and must nobly weather confess and . , y
History sweetly and influencing books of creati general ons , of information our present , were masters not wanting of the ; craft but .
322 The Dressmaker's Life.
322 the dressmaker ' s life .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), July 1, 1858, page 322, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01071858/page/34/
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