Sentence examples of "workhouse" in English
Come to the workhouse before ten and take your pick.
Приезжайте пораньше в исправительно-трудовой лагерь и выберите себе сами.
As a rule, not even children were allowed to enter the workhouse until a family's land was surrendered.
Как правило, пока от семейной земли не отказывались, даже детям воспрещали вход в работный дом.
It seems that Patty came into the workhouse because she left her last employment with no reference, so couldn't find a position.
Кажется, Патти пришла в работный дом, потому что ушла с последней работы без рекомендаций и поэтому не смогла найти места.
What happened to that sick boy I met on the boat, the boy abandoned at the workhouse at the age of 4, the boy who never knew kindness until the day I saved his life?
Что случилось с больным мальчиком, которого я встретила на корабле, мальчик, которого бросили на заводе в 4 года, мальчик, который не знал доброты, пока однажды я не спасла ему жизнь?
Despite being abused by his capricious father — Lord Macaulay wrote, “Oliver Twist in the parish workhouse, Smike at Dotheboys Hall, were petted children when compared with this wretched heir apparent of a crown” — he surprised his contemporaries by transcending his early woes to become the archetypal benevolent despot, establishing Prussia as a European power without attempting to dominate the Continent.
Несмотря на жестокое обращение со стороны капризного отца — как писал лорд Маколей, «Оливер Твист в церковном работном доме, Смайк в Дотбойз-холл были нежно любимыми детьми по сравнению с этим несчастным наследником короны» — он очень удивил своих современников, преодолев все невзгоды и став архитипическим великодушным деспотом, превратившим Пруссию в европейскую державу и не предпринимавшим попыток добиться господства на континенте.
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