CHAPTER 26 After the elections Jurgis stayed on in Packingtown and kept his job. The agitation to break up the police protection of criminals was continuing, and it seemed to him best to "lay...
CHAPTER 16 When Jurgis got up again he went quietly enough. He was exhausted and half-dazed, and besides he saw the blue uniforms of the policemen. He drove in a patrol wagon with half a dozen of them...
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CHAPTER 61 Happy for all her maternal feelings was the day on which Mrs. Bennet got rid of her two most deserving daughters. With what delighted pride she afterwards visited Mrs. Bingley, and talked...
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listening at lorem hic est Iohannes naal Daly Denique annis Sinensi in animo surged Vicesimo saeculo sub electione communistarum et de volatilibus altera recognita jingoistic Donec a fuerit in...
DAW AUNG SAN SUU KYI: I would like to say how happy I am to receive President Obama in my country and in my house. The friendship between our two countries is of long standing. The United States has...