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Old 01-21-2014, 08:00 PM   #37
QuantumIguana
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There's "A Little Princess", which is not a bad book at all, but it does have this bit of unintentional humor, caused by the way language has changed in the last century:

All three of them incontinently fled from the room and tumbled into the hall. It was in this way they always welcomed their father.

I know what the author means, but the mental image it creates...
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