The Penny
And do not let my reader exclaim against this selfishness as unnatural. It was but this present morning, as he rode on the omnibus from Richmond; while it changed horses, this present chronicler, being on the roof, marked three little children playing in a puddle below, very dirty, and friendly, and happy. To these three [...]
And do not let my reader exclaim against this selfishness as unnatural. It was but this present morning, as he rode on the omnibus from Richmond; while it changed horses, this present chronicler, being on the roof, marked three little children playing in a puddle below, very dirty, and friendly, and happy. To these three presently came another little one. ‘Polly,’ says she, ‘your sister’s got a penny.’ At which the children got up from the puddle instantly, and ran off to pay their court to Peggy. And as the omnibus drove off I saw Peggy with the infantine procession at her tail, marching with great dignity towards the stall of a neighbouring lollipop-woman.
- Vanity Fair, Ch.XXIII p.257
- ‘Well, what of it?’ 26 July 2009 | Notes >
- Thus, my dear and civilised reader, 15 February 2009 | Notes >
- The Penny 3 January 2009 | Notes >
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New Scaffolding Platform Internal Extension!
Just had this platform inserted into my live/work space. Pretty jolly, huh? Great chap called Marcus sold me the tubes, and as we delivered them together I realised it was going to be a pretty tough job erecting the structure. He agreed to help and it was done inside an hour. Neat. And less dangerous [...]
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- for the twit record, I'm recording @jayfresh's facetime riposte to my 'progressive mtrfkr' jibe: 'Yes: cripplingly progressive' //
- @gathouse (&@michelmishka): the 'why' is, as ever, more difficult. //
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- @michelmishka: So it would seem. My personal brand will sneer at me yet... You seem to have ++flow, and all Nu-tung etc, gosh odd! Lovely. //
- @gathouse: suggest you tool up in appropriate fashion and end the scene in a cloud of innards. http://bit.ly/aKo9SA //
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