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Most of the ladies without jobs live on the State pension of 700 forints a month ( about £ 11 ) -not a lot , in a capital city - and get a little help from their friends . Agnés even supports an uncle : in that class of Hungarian ...
Most of the ladies without jobs live on the State pension of 700 forints a month ( about £ 11 ) -not a lot , in a capital city - and get a little help from their friends . Agnés even supports an uncle : in that class of Hungarian ...
Page 339
I was told : " Buffaloes are ladies and ladies do not work . " I wondered how an owner knew his own animals , since they were not branded , tattooed or ear tagged . The idea of any form of marking is anathema ; it is regarded as mutila- ...
I was told : " Buffaloes are ladies and ladies do not work . " I wondered how an owner knew his own animals , since they were not branded , tattooed or ear tagged . The idea of any form of marking is anathema ; it is regarded as mutila- ...
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The ladies were too preoccupied with their own garden and their holidays abroad to under- take such employment . In any case , care for the rural environment is a comparatively modern concept , born of post - war development .
The ladies were too preoccupied with their own garden and their holidays abroad to under- take such employment . In any case , care for the rural environment is a comparatively modern concept , born of post - war development .
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A BENGAL MAGISTRATE IN THE 1860s BY W HARWOOD LONG | 167 |
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