Word: merchant
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...this theatre Mr. Edwin Booth has been playing a round of standard parts during the week. The remembrance of most of his impersonations must be still fresh, as it is only two years since his last visit. "The Merchant of Venice," however, was not produced at that time, and his appearance in it this week has given an opportunity for seeing his performance of the less familiar part of Shylock...
...street-merchant's table a Looking-glass stood...
...much coal he had used this winter. He replied, "I have only about half a ton left." Some time after I happened to see one of those little bills with which we are all more or less acquainted; from this I learned that he was indebted to a coal-merchant for just the above-mentioned amount, purchased at the beginning of the year. I then fully understood the import of his answer. He evinced the most morbid curiosity for all my secrets, and as soon as he had discovered one, it was the common property of the class. From morning...