Fencing and Dancing Lessons in a Seventeenth Century Parlor
A visitor recounts a meeting with M Jacques, an elderly fencing and dancing tutor, in a small room above a staircase. The English speaker negotiates terms, agreeing to twelve lessons for one guinea each, with instruction to begin at once and a stern warning about maintaining discipline and progress.
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M’ Jacquesert
M Jacques
X Ial
Avery
M. Jacques
Wilson
Tsara
Tam
Gir
Tarsie
Teun Gou
Syvordguian
Ring the Bell and a Crape on the Door Poem
Fragmented mournful verse recalling loss and heaven. The speaker laments death and the bell tolls for a departed soul, imagery of lilies sunlight and crepe on the door. A sorrowful lament with ritual notes of mourning and spiritual hope.
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Kotin
Meaven
Lovett
Welcome Home of Julie and the Dancing Visitor
A fragmented reminiscence unfolds around a French dance lesson and sword fencing scene. A stern old tutor supervises Julie and Tulie as they rehearse steps, masks, and armor amid interruptions. Tension rises over discipline, chocolates, and a looming return to a distant home.
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Monsiér
Monsieur
Flo
Connie A
Cormina
Thogan
Wulie
Tulie
Dexteud
Julie
Ibis
Teewyns
Aeyess Iamallaouv
Sean
Arian Norrester
Sulie
Pere
Bonjour
Anonsibay
Tulis
Ivas
Apetairs
Nate
Dimbris
Mer
Mademupiselle
Mademsisella
Fragmented Dramatic Scene and Hotel Altercation Narrative
A long fragmentary text describes a hotel scene with dialogue and action involving a traveling salesman and a family member, culminating in a violent confrontation between the salesman and his brother in law. The piece shifts through vivid, lurid exchanges and disjointed narration, ending with reflective quotes from a bishop about moral reproach.
Minnesota Grant line to Sioux City railroad proposal
An informant from Minnesota Grant lays out plans to build a new rail line from Mankato to Storm Lake in the southern part of Buena Vista county Iowa. The project would connect with the Sioux City railroad near Fort Dodge, saving grading on both lines and enabling cooperative use of a single track to the Missouri River.
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Falls
Sioux
City Railroad
Cby -Raaning
City
Innesote
Towa
Missouri River
Atore
Granthy
Paul
Fearful Evetish Language Vocabulary List
A fragmentary text describes curious larval terms in Evetish language, listing how groups and beings are named. It mentions vessels called a flack and ships, a deet for a wolf pack, a gang for thieves, a host for angels, a herd for children, a galaxy for beauties, a mob for blackguards, a school for worshipers, a corps for robbers, a swarm for locusts, and a crawd for lawns of people, among others.
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Andis
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