and a screw in his body, and his hat jerked over the bridge of his nose, and his hands tucked down into the bottoms of his pockets, and his whole sarcastic, ill-conditioned self peering out of one little corner of one little eye, like the concentrated essence of any number of ravens.
Dickens, The Cricket on the Hearth.
Dickens, The Cricket on the Hearth.
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Date: 2016-12-27 07:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-12-27 10:11 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-12-28 08:10 pm (UTC)Two for mirth
Three for a funeral,
Four for birth
Five for heaven
Six for hell
Seven for the devil, his own self
Википедия, правда, говорит, что это в первую очередь про сорок.
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Date: 2016-12-28 10:00 pm (UTC)Интересно, к чему будет сорок сорок?
чёрных птиц две дюжины в пироге внутри
Date: 2016-12-28 10:36 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-12-27 09:22 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-12-27 10:01 pm (UTC)