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pany with a ballad in four verses, between each
of which the accompanist played the melody all through, as loud
as he could. When this was over, the chairman gave a sentiment,
after which, the professional gentl[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]n on the chairman’s right
and left volunteered a duet, and sang it, with great applause.
It was curious to observe some faces which stood out
prominently from among the group. There was the chairman
himself (the landlord of the house) [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], a coarse, rough, heavy-built
fellow, who [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], while the songs were proceeding, rolled his eyes
hither and thither, and, seeming to give himself up to joviality, had
an eye for everything that was done, and an ear for everything that
was said—and sharp ones, too. Near him were the singers,
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receiving [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], with professional indifference, the compliments of the
company, and applying themselves, in turn, to a dozen proffered
glasses of spirits-and-water, tendered by their more boisterous
admirers; whose countenances, expressive of almost every vice in
almost every grade, irresistibly attracted the attention, by their
very repulsiveness. Cunning, ferocity, and drunkenness in all its
stages, were there, in their strongest aspects; and w
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