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Then there were one or two daguerreotypes, little full length figures framed in gold paper. THEN THERE WERE ONE OR TWO DAGGERATYPES LITTLE FULL LENGTH FIGURES FRAMED IN GOLD PAPER
he intervening spaces were taken up with little jars and cups and saucers--gold inside, with a view of a town outside, and surrounding them, 'A Present from Clacton-on-Sea,' or, alliteratively, 'A Memento of Margate.' Of these many were broken, but they had been mended with glue, and it is well known that pottery in the eyes of the connoisseur loses none of its value by a crack or two. Then there were portraits innumerable--little yellow cartes-de-visite in velvet frames, some of which were decorated with shells; they showed strange people with old-fashioned clothes, the women with bodices and sleeves fitting close to the figure, stern-featured females with hair carefully parted in the middle and plastered down on each side, firm chins and mouths, with small, pig-like eyes and wrinkled faces, and the men were uncomfortably clad in Sunday garments, very stiff and uneasy in their awkward postures, with large whiskers and shaved chins and upper lips and a general air of horny-handed toil. ATTER BUT NOT LESS ARTISTIC AGE THE INTERVENING SPACES WERE TAKEN UP WITH LITTLE JARS AND CUPS AND SAUCERS GOLD INSIDE WITH A VIEW OF A TOWN OUTSIDE AND SURROUNDING THEM A PRESENT FROM CLAQUETON ON SEA OR ALLITERATIVELY A MEMENTO OF MARGATE OF THESE MANY WERE BROKEN BUT THEY HAD BEEN MENDED WITH GLUE AND IT IS WELL KNOWN THAT POTTERY IN THE EYES OF THE CONNOISSEUR LOSES NONE OF ITS VALUE BY A CRACKLETY THEN THERE WERE PORTRAITS INNUMERABLE LITTLE YELLOW CARSTE VISIT IN VELVET FRAMES SOME OF WHICH WERE DECORATED WITH SHELLS THEY SHOWED STRANGE PEOPLE WITH OLD FASHIONED CLOTHES THE WOMEN WITH BADISAS AND SLEEVES FITTING CLOSE TO THE FIGURE STERN FEATURED FEMALES WITH HAIR CAREFULLY PARTED IN THE MIDDLE AND PLASTERED DOWN ON EACH SIDE FIRM CHINS AND MOUTHS WITH SMALL PIGLIKE EYES AND WRINKLED FACES AND THE MEN WERE UNCOMFORTABLY CLAD IN SUNDAY GARMENTS VERY STIFF AND UNEASY IN THEIR AWKWARD POSTURES WITH LARGE WHISKERS AND SHAVED CHINS AND UPPER LIPS AND A GENERAL AIR OF HORNY HANDED TOIL
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