Word: rugged
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...chum and I were sitting on the hearth-rug warming our feet. We had been sitting there with the light out for some time, talking about house-breaking. I was urging that it was a safe and lucrative occupation; he had taken the opposite ground, and, as usual, was having rather the best...
...cannot dive into original Jeromes, Meissoniers, Fortunys, etc., we can, at least, enjoy their presence in photographs or engravings such as are to be purchased in Boston for as little as the wretched and oft-repeated prints of Landseer, Ansdell, etc., that cover our walls. Again, a Turkish rug of good quality can be had for nearly the same sum as one which has for a subject a herd of enraged buffaloes tearing over it. And what shows aesthetic taste more than a Persian tapestry with a couple of odd plates, a cup and saucer or two, hung over...