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...ic penny dreadful newspaper accounts, with the occasional courtroom visit for extra laughs. He narrates all this information (while tying complicated knots in a piece of string) to a Lady Journalist who frequents the same tea-shop. (Summary from Wikipedia)...

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...s his two talents as storyteller and mathematician. It consists of 10 short humorous stories which present one or more mathematical problems. The 10 'knots' as they are called, were first published in 'The Monthly Packet' magazine between April 1880 and March 1885, where readers were invited to solve the problems, and the solution was discussed in a later issue. (Summary b...

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...paces Are Gigantic The Trackless Track Values In The Grass Dawn, Bamboo, Freedom Dolphin Simple Firelight Forces Inside Plenty Of Time Little Knots Nature Keeps Writing On The Rock-Face Don’t Believe No Ought In Nature Lost Empires Beautiful Freedom, Shining Hills World Of Forces A Concert We Were There, Wherever There Was Leaf-Fall Earth In Her Elements ...

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.... Did not Washington himself [a1 I TREASON AND DEATH Send me the sword-knots he received from France, And Congress vote a horse caparisoned To ... ... face. [Enter seruant moth the coat of the American unifmm, and the swwd-knots.] Thou one unbroken link with all the men I walked with on the moun... ...;- and I , < ' $b\ must go back To where I lost the way. [Showing mmd-knots.] That ornament Washington gave me, - with such words of praise - ...

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...hing oasis. For me it has always been a sheltered place where I could loosen the knots of the strongest emotions, where I could reflect on the hundr...

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...nia. That's a good, powerful vessel. DOMIN What's its speed? SULLA Twenty knots. Fifty thousand tons. One of the latest vessels, Miss Glory. HELENA ...

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...und and when he does come, he stays long enough to tie you into emotional knots before he leaves again. He comes in like some dictator, doesn’t even... ...ilure. “I don’t understand.” She was so intent on loosening the intricate knots that she missed the door opening. She yelped when a hand clamped down... ...amped her. She had to stay awake and get free. Laylah started working the knots and tried to break loose. Chapter 64 Stefan had decided to stay in ... ... Alpha's stupidity, Stefan nipped Laylah's hand. ::Ouch! Stop that! These knots are tough and I'm going as fast as I can.:: Laylah glared at him. ::L... ...ah freed one leg and started on the other. Stefan helped by gnawing on the knots. The final rope fell and he took her hand in his mouth, careful to n...

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...tter out. But from the very moment he saw her again, Cade’s stomach tied in knots and his blood ran hot. Chrystal Kincaid ...

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...“Did anyone ever tell you that you were a genius,” Barton said, his voice tightening into knots. “I promise you, I’ll get you off the hook. Trust m...

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...e for you." Zai's breath caught in her throat. "Thank you." She kneaded the knots in his back. "My demons are of the quiet kind. I need only my brot... ...This is necessary," he said, as he wound it around her head and tied secure knots. The cloth pressed thickly, lushly, against her eyes. She swallowed... ...e wagon, easing her arms behind her. Soft rope encircled her wrists, secure knots pulled into place. Here, too, cushions counteracted the hardness o... ...he others—to their gentle hands on his shoulders, to massages loosening the knots in his back. To the multitudes of wheels and gears whirring in the... ...hen, the agonies in her muscles were her friends. At night Zai groaned, the knots under her skin burning while a hutmate massaged her. After her mus... ...ng names to banish worry. The census of Basc unraveled inside her head, its knots and fabrics folding back on each other as Yata kin groups intertwi... ...nsed against its restraints. She rolled further back and tried to worry the knots free with her teeth. She couldn't. TripStone hoisted her rifle, b...

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... tears and made her fingers tremble while she struggled with the unyielding knots. The muffled but angry voices from the foyer became all too clear ... .... She misunderstood his hesitation, and slipped her fingers through the knots, unraveling them. He kissed each square of flesh as she exposed i... ...djusted the black silk scarf wound around Daniel’s head. She inspected the knots at the back, then waggled her fingers in his face. Satisfied when... ... is not the first time you’ve been sick like this.” “My stomach’s been in knots over these lessons. There was so much to learn, and I was afraid i... ...s that ran unheeded down them. The days and the villages slipped past like knots on a lifeline, Macroon and Ballingeary, Kenmare, Sheem and Derryna...

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...e you have seen examples of the nests of the weaver birds in Africa. These small finches build a large tear drop shaped nest with complicated knots ... ...tion Marais allowed the new birds access to the traditional nest building materials. To his surprise they built identical nests with identical knots ...

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... absent from such gatherings moved nervously or waited glumly—alone or in knots of two or three, feeling separate. How does one forget the battlefie...

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... everything would be all right after all. Taking a deep breath to ease the knots in her stomach, she went out, caught the bus to the mall, and bought ... ... loved her mother. The thought of life without her turned her stomach into knots. Jana dug out her cell phone, even though she knew she 103 A COURAGE...

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...Dr. McDreamy to unclench the suckers. My fingers twisted his hair into knots as Donnie did unimaginably delightful things to me. Not caring a...

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...oms inside, easy. The whole set-up reminded him of the opening credits of "Knots Landing". "How much does something like this run?" he exclaimed, unab...

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... “Am I? Norma Mack is a typical example. The Carters had her in spiritual knots and now Edward’s got her on her knees thinking she’s wearing Satan a...

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...io, would you please get Angelo." Antonio's stomach immediately twisted into knots. He forced a slight nod and exited through a curtain. A moment l...

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...king, but he wasn’t going to let this opportunity pass. She had him balled in knots, and a kiss from her might keep him going for a week. “Don’t w...

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...each other in contrary motions, pulling him tautly while twisting him into knots that he recognized as the essence of civilized man, and this too he w...