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Excerpt: Some Roundabout Papers by William Makepeace Thackeray.

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... W. M. Thackeray A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Some Roundabout Papers by William Makepeace Thackeray is a publication of the Pe... ...document or for the file as an electronic trans- mission, in any way. Some Roundabout Papers by William Makepeace Thackeray, the Pennsylvania State Un... ......... 10 ROUND ABOUT THE CHRISTMAS TREE ............ 19 4 Thackeray Some Roundabout Papers by W. M. Thackeray ON SOME CARP AT SANS SOUCI W e have la... ...g with palsy, with no soul among the great struggling multitude of 5 Some Roundabout Papers mankind to care for her, not quite trampled out of life, ... ... by the old Queen, to enrich certain relatives in M-ckl-nb-rg Str- 7 Some Roundabout Papers l-tz? Not all the treasure went. Non omnis moritur. A poo... ...lready; the fourscore and ten cold, cheerless, nipping New Y ears! 9 Some Roundabout Papers If you were in her place, would you like to have a remem-... ...tmas, I vow a note shall be sent to Saint Lazarus Union House, in which Mr Roundabout requests the honour of Mrs Twoshoes’ company on Friday, 26th De-... ...eir heads together and have a colloquy about the great silent an- 11 Some Roundabout Papers tediluvian world which they remember, where mighty mon- s... ...! My dear Walter, the great difference between my time and yours, 13 Some Roundabout Papers who will enter life some two or three years hence, is tha...

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...cision that chocolate chip cookies were wor­ thy of their own stores, in a roundabout way. I certainly had no idea of it when I was born at 1 A.M. on...

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...inept family with ingenuity, logic, resourcefulness, and energy—but not common sense. Many chapters show the family trying to solve some problem in a roundabout way, failing, and eventually being rescued by the wise old lady from Philadelphia, who cuts the Gordian knot with an effective but prosaic solution. The charm of the story is not in the plot, but in the telling, bu...

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...nuity, logic, resourcefulness, and energy--but not common sense. The general formula is that the family tries to solve some problem in an appealingly roundabout way, fails, and is eventually rescued by the wise old lady from Philadelphia who always cuts the Gordian knot with some effective but prosaic solution. The charm of the story is not in the plot, but in the telling,...

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...ldren out in the woods, but a far greater worry is how they will cope with roundabouts on highways. Book learning was not important in self-sufficient...

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...h and every one of these qualities is associated with a personality disorder. In a roundabout way, therefore, this study supports the hypothesis th...

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...ciousness. Each and every one of these qualities is associated with a personality disorder. In a roundabout way, therefore, this study supports the ...

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...egment of its environment. Wojciech Zurek and others proved that even partial and roundabout measurements are sufficient to induce einselection (o...

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...egment of its environment. Wojciech Zurek and others proved (that even partial and roundabout measurements are sufficient to induce einselection (o... ...h and every one of these qualities is associated with a personality disorder. In a roundabout way, therefore, this study supports the hypothesis th...

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...egment of its environment. Wojciech Zurek and others proved (that even partial and roundabout measurements are sufficient to induce einselection (o... ...h and every one of these qualities is associated with a personality disorder. In a roundabout way, therefore, this study supports the hypothesis th...

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...formed in Sparta, as voluptuous in Ionia. and of the Graces, to be set up roundabout his school-house. Where their profit lieth, there should also b...

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...aces with English ‘Jokeis,’ and other rus tic sports; lotteries for toys; roundabouts, dancing on the grass to the music of an admirable band, fire b... ...mention. The oddest feature of these agreeable scenes is the everlast ing Roundabout (we preserve an English word wherever we can, as we are writing ...

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...n there, investigating it; on ponies, expressly born to kick up be hind; on roundabouts and swings, from fairs; in the first cab—another forgotten in...

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...” said Pinto, kissing the sheet of paper with much reverence. “My good Mr. Roundabout, I suppose you do not question that signature?” Indeed the house... ...od, I 31 Thackeray am rather sorry to lose him after three little bits of Roundabout Papers. Et vous? Editor’s NOTE: Classic Mystery and Detective St...

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...chattering monkeys dangling from their poles, And children whirling in their roundabouts; 695 With those that stretch the neck and strain the eyes, An...

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...tering monkeys dangling from their poles, 670 And children whirling in their roundabouts; With those that stretch the neck, and strain the eyes, And c...

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...ound. She was alone, but she expected soon to find a pal of some sort. The roundabouts were veering round and grinding out their music, the side shows...

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..., as very good fun indeed, good matter for some jolly reeling ballad about Roundabout and Roundabout, the jolly town of Roundabout; but to anyone else... ...ompensate any dis- appointed person who used to profit by their being done roundabout instead of earning an honest living. We are be- ginning to agree...

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...ind her and she turned just in time to seize a small boy by the slack of his roundabout and arrest his flight. “There! I might ‘a’ thought of that clo... ...mply astound ing. His cap was a dainty thing, his close buttoned blue cloth roundabout was new and natty, and so were his panta loons. He had shoes ... ...girl “put him to rights” after he had dressed himself; she buttoned his neat roundabout up to his chin, turned his vast shirt collar down over his sho... ...py; a sigh or two es caped, unawares. By and by Joe timidly ventured upon a roundabout “feeler” as to how the others might look upon a return to civi...

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...e to prove anything, prove at least that my advice was sound and that he had wasted time enough. This quickened on my part another hope, a hope sugges...