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1  But then the cold began to strike through his clothes, and he started quickly away.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 18
2  Then suddenly came a hail from below: "Get your clothes on now, girls, and come along."
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 27
3  All these things are carefully avoided by the young, most of whom have learned to speak English and to affect the latest style of clothing.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 1
4  He would have to bid farewell to his summer cleanliness, of course, for he would come out of the first night's lodging with his clothes alive with vermin.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 23
5  All the clothing that was to be had in the stores was made of cotton and shoddy, which is made by tearing old clothes to pieces and weaving the fiber again.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 7
6  All the clothing that was to be had in the stores was made of cotton and shoddy, which is made by tearing old clothes to pieces and weaving the fiber again.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 7
7  Promptly at seven o'clock this same Monday morning they will every one of them have to be in their places at Durham's or Brown's or Jones's, each in his working clothes.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 1
8  He was no longer the finest-looking man in the throng, and the bosses no longer made for him; he was thin and haggard, and his clothes were seedy, and he looked miserable.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 12
9  The distance was in reality over two miles, but Jurgis made two trips that night, each time with a huge pile of mattresses and bedding on his head, with bundles of clothing and bags and things tied up inside.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 5
10  They would sleep with all their clothes on, including their overcoats, and put over them all the bedding and spare clothing they owned; the children would sleep all crowded into one bed, and yet even so they could not keep warm.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 7
11  They would sleep with all their clothes on, including their overcoats, and put over them all the bedding and spare clothing they owned; the children would sleep all crowded into one bed, and yet even so they could not keep warm.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 7
12  The more cases this goose grease is used in, the better luck it brings to the midwife, and so she keeps it upon her kitchen mantelpiece or stowed away in a cupboard with her dirty clothes, for months, and sometimes even for years.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 19
13  If he fled into a house his pursuer would smash in the flimsy door and follow him up the stairs, hitting every one who came within reach, and finally dragging his squealing quarry from under a bed or a pile of old clothes in a closet.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 26
14  It was generally enough to take all their clothes away from them; but sometimes they would have to be "doped" and kept prisoners for weeks; and meantime their parents might be telegraphing the police, and even coming on to see why nothing was done.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 25
15  Until she could find another bank there was nothing to do but sew them up in her clothes, and so Marija went about for a week or more, loaded down with bullion, and afraid to cross the street in front of the house, because Jurgis told her she would sink out of sight in the mud.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 11
16  Then, seeing that the sun was still hot, he took his clothes from the bank and proceeded to wash them, piece by piece; as the dirt and grease went floating off downstream he grunted with satisfaction and soused the clothes again, venturing even to dream that he might get rid of the fertilizer.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 22
17  A young girl comes from abroad, and she doesn't know a word of English, and she gets into a place like this, and when she wants to go the madame shows her that she is a couple of hundred dollars in debt, and takes all her clothes away, and threatens to have her arrested if she doesn't stay and do as she's told.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 28
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