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The New Year 1884
the New Year
also: Новый, 1884 год
The incoming calendar year personified as a contracting party, comically bound by clause to disappoint the hopes placed in it and to last no more than twelve months.
Reading notes
- A Contract for the Year 1884, Concluded with Mankind §2 the New Year 1884
The incoming calendar year personified as the other party to the contract, comically obligated by clause to disappoint the hopes placed in it.