 | John Francis Maguire, William Joseph Hardee - 1868 - 698 Seiten
...square, and these apartments are the home of six persons. The father of the family, a day labourer, is absent; the mother, a wrinkled crone at thirty,...terribly morbid and devitalizing agents which have depressed its childish life — the poisonous air, the darkness, and the damp ; but the battle is nearly... | |
 | John Francis Maguire, William Joseph Hardee - 1868 - 682 Seiten
...personsl ! The father of the family, a day labourer, is absent ; the mother, a wrinkled crone at thirly, sits rocking in her arms an infant, whose pasty and...terribly morbid and devitalizing agents which have depressed its childish life — the poisonous air, the darkness, and the damp ; but the battle is nearly... | |
 | John Francis Maguire, William Joseph Hardee - 1868 - 700 Seiten
...that is even comparatively pure. A fourth child, emaciated to a skeleton, and with that ghastly fmd unearthly look which marasmus impresses on its victims,...terribly morbid and devitalizing agents which have depressed its childish life — the poisonous air, the darkness, and the damp; but the battle is nearly... | |
 | John Francis Maguire, William Joseph Hardee - 1868 - 714 Seiten
...victims, has reared its feeble frame on a rickety choir against the window sill, and is striving to fret a glimpse at the smiling heavens whose light is so...terribly morbid and devitalizing agents which have depressed its childish life — the poisonous air, the darkness, and the damp ; but the battle is nearly... | |
 | Stephen Smith - 1911 - 220 Seiten
...reared his feeble frame on a rickety chair against the window sill, and is striving to get a glimpse of the smiling heavens, whose light is so seldom permitted...longing eyes. Its youth has battled nobly against the terrible morbid and devitalizing agents which have oppressed its childish life — the poisonous air,... | |
 | Stephen Smith - 1911 - 228 Seiten
...rickety chajr against the window sill, and is striving to gef a glimpse of the smiling heavens, whose i light is so seldom permitted to gladden its longing eyes. Its youth has battled nobly against the terrible morbid and devitalizing agents which have oppressed its childish life — the poisonous air,... | |
 | 1866 - 652 Seiten
...child, emaciated to a skeleton, and with that ghastly and unearthly look which marasmus impresses on ite victims, has reared its feeble frame on a rickety...— it is easy to decide where the victory will be." 6. Tenant- House Population. — It is estimated that the tenant-house population of New- York reaches... | |
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... tell that decay and death are usurping the place of health and life. Two older children are in the street, which is their only playground, and the only place where they can go to breathe an atmosphere that is even comparatively pure. A fourth child,... 