Word: threads
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...gain in power by contrast. No. 4 is very ingeniously contrived and very amusing. The last is "A Bit of Shore-Life," and is refreshingly "salt." It consists of a series of rapid descriptions of shore-life, as vivid as one of Norton's "Marines" strung upon a simple thread of narrative...
...very ingenious and entertaining bit of work, full of characteristic humor, and at the same time containing much valuable information concerning tramp life, which, if true, points to the solution of many a problem of social science. At the same time there is woven into the narrative a thread of romance which comes to full view and development in the latter part. While the writing is not always as choice in conception and language as might be desired, and while it is not perfectly free from noticeable grammatical errors, it is still a strikingly original and fascinating book...
...life? Let him be pictured coming into his home, chinking the coin in his pockets, and as he enters he strikes up the "Beautiful Blue Danube," and all the children fall into a spontaneous jig that is perfectly infectious in its jollity. May there not really be such a thread of romance running through the seemingly monotonous life-tramp of the Organ-Grinder...
What souls of dead lovers have hung on each thread...
This is the woof-thread of Pephredo's fate...