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"But times have altered, Master Jeppe; knee-straps and respect have given out; yes, those days are over! Begin at seven, and at six off and away! So it is in the big cities!" "Is that this sosherlism?" says Jeppe disdainfully. "It's all the same to me what it is Garibaldi begins and leaves off when it pleases him! And if he wants more for his work he asks for it!
"But times have altered, Master Jeppe; knee-straps and respect have given out; yes, those days are over! Begin at seven, and at six off and away! So it is in the big cities!" "Is that this sosherlism?" says Jeppe disdainfully. "It's all the same to me what it is Garibaldi begins and leaves off when it pleases him! And if he wants more for his work he asks for it!
Every other day they come with certificates that they're suffering from boils from sitting down, and then you can begin all over again. No, in my time we behaved very different the booby got held naked over a three-legged stool and a couple of men used to go at him with knee-straps!
Every other day they come with certificates that they're suffering from boils from sitting down, and then you can begin all over again. No, in my time we behaved very different the booby got held naked over a three-legged stool and a couple of men used to go at him with knee-straps!
Notwithstanding this debauch, the old cloth-merchant was shaving himself at six next morning, put on his maroon-colored coat, of which the glowing lights afforded him perennial enjoyment, fastened a pair of gold buckles on the knee-straps of his ample satin breeches; and then, at about seven o'clock, while all were still sleeping in the house, he made his way to the little office adjoining the shop on the first floor.
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