The Streets of New York; a Drama in Five Acts
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[Exit.
Paul. And now to hunt for work to go from office to office plead- ing for employment to be met always with the same answer " we are full" or " we are discharging hands'! Livingstone, I begin to envy the common laborer who has no fears, no care, beyond bis food r. Nd shelter I am beginning to lose my pity for the poor.
Liv . The poor ! whom do you call the poor 1 Do you know them ? do yon see them 7 they are more frequently found under a black coat than under a red shirt. The poor man is ...the clerk with a family, forced to maintain a decent suit of clothes, paid for out of the hunger of his children. The poor man is the artist who is obliged to pledge toe tools of his trade to buy medicines for his sick wife. The lawyer who, craving for employment, buttons up his thin paletot to hide his shirtless breast. These needy wretches are poorer than the poor, tor they are obliged to conceal their poverty with the false mask oi content smoking a cigar to disguise their hunger they drag from their pockets their last quarter, to cast it with studied carelessness, to the begger, whose mattress at home is lined with gold.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
[Exit.
Paul. And now to hunt for work to go from office to office plead- ing for employment to be met always with the same answer " we are full" or " we are discharging hands'! Livingstone, I begin to envy the common laborer who has no fears, no care, beyond bis food r. Nd shelter I am beginning to lose my pity for the poor.
Liv . The poor ! whom do you call the poor 1 Do you know them ? do yon see them 7 they are more frequently found under a black coat than under a red shirt. The poor man is ...the clerk with a family, forced to maintain a decent suit of clothes, paid for out of the hunger of his children. The poor man is the artist who is obliged to pledge toe tools of his trade to buy medicines for his sick wife. The lawyer who, craving for employment, buttons up his thin paletot to hide his shirtless breast. These needy wretches are poorer than the poor, tor they are obliged to conceal their poverty with the false mask oi content smoking a cigar to disguise their hunger they drag from their pockets their last quarter, to cast it with studied carelessness, to the begger, whose mattress at home is lined with gold.
What to read after The Streets of New York; a Drama in Five Acts?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Boucicault, Dion, 1820-1890 to read onlineMoreLess
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