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1、SomeRoundaboutPapersSomeRoundaboutPapersbyThackeray1SomeRoundaboutPapersONSOMECARPATSANSSOUCIWehavelatelymadetheacquaintanceofanoldladyofninety,whohaspassedthelasttwenty-fiveyearsofheroldlifeinagreatmetropolitanestablishment,theworkhouse,namely,oftheparishofSaintLazarus.Stay--twenty-threeorfou
2、ryearsago,shecameoutonce,andthoughttoearnalittlemoneybyhop-picking;butbeingoverworked,andhavingtolieoutatnight,shegotapalsywhichhasincapacitatedherfromallfurtherlabour,andhascausedherpooroldlimbstoshakeeversince.Anillustrationofthatdismalproverbwhichtellsushowpovertymakesusacquaintedwithstrang
3、ebed-fellows,thispooroldshakingbodyhastolayherselfdowneverynightinherworkhousebedbythesideofsomeotheroldwomanwithwhomshemayormaynotagree.Sheherselfcan'tbeaverypleasantbed-fellow,poorthing!withhershakingoldlimbsandcoldfeet.Sheliesawakeadealofthenight,tobesure,notthinkingofhappyoldtimes,forhersn
4、everwerehappy;butsleeplesswithaches,andagues,andrheumatismofoldage."Thegentlemangavemebrandy-and-water,"shesaid,heroldvoiceshakingwithraptureatthethought.IneverhadagreatloveforQueenCharlotte,butIlikeherbetternowfromwhatthisoldladytoldme.TheQueen,wholovedsnuffherself,hasleftalegacyofsnufftocert
5、ainpoorhouses;and,inherwatchfulnights,thisoldwomantakesapinchofQueenCharlotte'ssnuff,"anditdocomfortme,sir,thatitdo!"Pulverisexiguimunus.Hereisaforlornagedcreature,shakingwithpalsy,withnosoulamongthegreatstrugglingmultitudeofmankindtocareforher,notquitetrampledoutoflife,butpastandforgotteninth
6、erush,madealittlehappy,andsoothedinherhoursofunrestbythispennylegacy.LetmethinkasIwrite.(Thenextmonth'ssermon,thankgoodness!issafetopress.)ThisdiscoursewillappearattheseasonwhenIhavereadthatwassail-bowlsmaketheirappearance;attheseasonofpantomime,turkeyandsausages,plum-puddings,jollificationsfo
7、rschoolboys;Christmasbills,and2SomeRoundaboutPapersreminiscencesmoreorlesssadandsweetforelders.Ifweoldstersarenotmerry,weshallbehavingasemblanceofmerriment.Weshallseetheyoungfolkslaughingroundtheholly-bush.Weshallpassthebottleroundcosil
