 My work was to cover the pots of paste-blacking ; first with a piece of oil-paper, and then with a piece of blue paper ; to tie them round with a string, and then to clip the paper close and neat, all round, until it looked as smart as a pot of ointment...  Curiosities of Impecuniosity - Página 187por H. G. Somerville - 1896 - 226 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | John Forster - 1842 - 450 páginas
...work. My work was to cover the A poor 'pots of paste-blacking; first with a piece of oil-paper, drudge, 'and then with a piece of blue paper; to tie them...string ; and then to clip the paper close and neat, LONDOK : 1822-4. At Hungerford-stairs. CD loq. ' all round, until it looked as smart as a pot of ointment... | |
 | 1912 - 666 páginas
...pots of paste-blacking ; first with a piece of blue Saper ; to tie them round with a string ; and len to clip the paper close and neat all round, until...smart as a pot of ointment from an apothecary's shop." Old Hungerford Stairs, looking on to the river, were used for business purposes long after young Dickens... | |
 | 1872 - 692 páginas
...was to sit and work. My work was to cover the pots of paste-blacking, first with a piece of oilpaper, and then with a piece of blue paper; to tie them round...the paper close and neat, all round, until it looked us smart aw a pot of ointment from an apothecary's shop. When a certain number of grosses of pots had... | |
 | John Forster - 1872 - 432 páginas
...string ; and then to clip the paper close and neat, [CHAREB At Hungerfonl-stairs. f. D. loq. LONDON : ' all round, until it looked as smart as a pot of ointment t ana A ' from an apothecary's shop. When a certain number of ' grosses of pots had attained this pitch... | |
 | 1879 - 244 páginas
...blacking warehouse. His department was to cover the pots of paste-blacking with oilpaper, then with blue paper, to tie them round with a string, and then to trim them off neatly; next, when a sufficient quantity had been done, he affixed a printed label to... | |
 | Charles H. Jones - 1882 - 276 páginas
...to sit and work. My work was to cover the pots of paste blacking ; first with a piece of oil-paper, and then with a piece of blue paper ; to tie them...until it looked as smart as a pot of ointment from an apothooary's shop. When a certain number of grosses of pots had attained this pitch of perfection,... | |
 | Oriel readers - 1885 - 248 páginas
...to sit and work. My work was to cover the pots of paste-blacking ; first with a piece of oil-paper, and then with a piece of blue paper ; to tie them...smart as a pot of ointment from an apothecary's shop. 4. When a certain number of grosses of pots had attained the pitch of perfection, I was to paste on... | |
 | Sarah Knowles Bolton - 1890 - 488 páginas
...paste-blacking, first with a piece of oil paper, and then with a piece of blue paper ; to tie these round with a string ; and then to clip the paper close...round, until it looked as smart as a pot of ointment fvom an apothecary's shop. When a certain number of grosses of pots had attained this pitch of perfection,... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1894 - 546 páginas
...work was, in his own words, " to cover the pots of paste-blacking, first with a piece of oil-paper, and then with a piece of blue paper ; to tie them...shop. When a certain number of grosses of pots had obtained this pitch of perfection, I was to paste on each a printed label, and then go on again with... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1899 - 570 páginas
...' My work was to cover the pots of paste-blacking; first with a A poor little ' piece of oil-paper, and then with a piece of blue paper; to tie ' them...apothecary's shop. When a certain number of grosses LONDON: ' of pots had attained this pitch of perfection, I was to paste on ' each a printed label ;... | |
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