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1  He got into the shelter of a doorway and took stock of himself.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 27
2  Marija had about fifty dollars pinned up somewhere in her stockings, and Grandfather Anthony had part of the money he had gotten for his farm.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 4
3  They were drovers and stock raisers, who had come from far states, and brokers and commission merchants, and buyers for all the big packing houses.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 3
4  That was Amos Struver; and then there was Harry Adams, the assistant clerk, a pale, scholarly-looking man, who came from Massachusetts, of Pilgrim stock.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 30
5  Marija had nothing on but a kimono and a pair of stockings; yet she proceeded to dress before Jurgis, and without even taking the trouble to close the door.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 27
6  In front of Brown's General Office building there grows a tiny plot of grass, and this, you may learn, is the only bit of green thing in Packingtown; likewise this jest about the hog and his squeal, the stock in trade of all the guides, is the one gleam of humor that you will find there.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 3
7  Meantime, he listened to the story of how Jurgis had been looking for his sister, and advised him dryly to keep his sister in a better place; then he let him go, and proceeded to fine each of the girls five dollars, which fines were paid in a bunch from a wad of bills which Madame Polly extracted from her stocking.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 28