Charles Dickens's works. Charles Dickens ed. [18 vols. of a 21 vol. set. Wanting A child's history of England; Christmas stories; The mystery of Edwin Drood]., Volumen51868 |
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... round - mother's head off - sandwich in her hand - no mouth to put it in - head of a family off - shocking , shocking ! Looking at Whitehall , sir ? -fine place little window - somebody else's head off there , eh , sir ? —he didn't keep ...
... round - mother's head off - sandwich in her hand - no mouth to put it in - head of a family off - shocking , shocking ! Looking at Whitehall , sir ? -fine place little window - somebody else's head off there , eh , sir ? —he didn't keep ...
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... round and fell fast asleep again . " Wanted ! " said Mr. Winkle , hastily jumping out of bed , and putting on a few articles of clothing : " wanted ! at this distance from town - who on earth can want me ? " " Gentleman in the coffee ...
... round and fell fast asleep again . " Wanted ! " said Mr. Winkle , hastily jumping out of bed , and putting on a few articles of clothing : " wanted ! at this distance from town - who on earth can want me ? " " Gentleman in the coffee ...
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... Round his neck he wore a green shawl , with the large ends straggling over his chest , and making their appearance occasionally beneath the worn button - holes of his old waistcoat . His upper garment was a long black surtout ; and ...
... Round his neck he wore a green shawl , with the large ends straggling over his chest , and making their appearance occasionally beneath the worn button - holes of his old waistcoat . His upper garment was a long black surtout ; and ...
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... round . He was dressed for the pantomime , in all the absurdity of a clown's costume . The spectral figures in the Dance of Death , the most frightful shapes that the ablest painter ever portrayed on canvas , never presented an ...
... round . He was dressed for the pantomime , in all the absurdity of a clown's costume . The spectral figures in the Dance of Death , the most frightful shapes that the ablest painter ever portrayed on canvas , never presented an ...
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... round . " Is she gone ? ' he eagerly inquired . " Yes - yes , ' said I ; she shall not hurt you . ' " I'll tell you what , Jem , ' said the man , in a low voice , she does hurt me . There's something in her eyes wakes such a dreadful ...
... round . " Is she gone ? ' he eagerly inquired . " Yes - yes , ' said I ; she shall not hurt you . ' " I'll tell you what , Jem , ' said the man , in a low voice , she does hurt me . There's something in her eyes wakes such a dreadful ...
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ain't appeared Arabella Bardell Ben Allen Benjamin Allen Bob Sawyer chair cheerful Cluppins coach coat countenance cried dear sir Dodson and Fogg door Dowler Eatanswill Esquire exclaimed eyes face fat boy father feelings fellow glass goblin Grummer hand head hear heard heerd honour horse hostler inquired interposed Jingle Jinks Job Trotter knock laughed legs Lobbs looked Lowten ma'am Magnus matter mind morning never night nodded Nupkins observed old gentleman old lady once Pell Perker Pickwick pocket Pott Raddle rejoined replied replied Sam Roker round Sam Weller Samivel Sammy Samuel Pickwick Samuel Weller Serjeant Buzfuz Smangle smile Snodgrass spinster aunt stairs Stiggins stopped stranger street there's thing thought tipstaff took Tupman turned uncle vith voice walked Wardle wery What's whispered window Winkle Winkle's words young lady
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Página 291 - Of this man Pickwick I will say little ; the subject presents but few attractions ; and I, gentlemen, am not the man, nor are you, gentlemen, the men, to delight in the contemplation of revolting heartlessness, and of systematic villainy.
Página 280 - No it don't," replied Sam, reading on very quickly, to avoid contesting the point : " ' Except of me Mary my dear as your walentine and think over what I've said. — My dear Mary I will now conclude.' That's all," said Sam. "That's rather a sudden pull up, ain't it, Sammy?" inquired Mr. Weller. " Not a bit on it," said Sam ; " she'll vish there wos more, and that's the great art o
Página 255 - Mr Winkle stooping forward, with his body half doubled up, was being assisted over the ice by Mr Weller, in a very singular and un-swan-like manner, when Mr Pickwick most innocently shouted from the opposite bank: 'Sam!' 'Sir?' 'Here. I want you.' 'Let go, sir,
Página 292 - Tomata sauce and warmingpans — Pickwick still rears his head with unblushing effrontery, and gazes without a sigh on the ruin he has made. Damages, gentlemen — heavy damages is the only punishment with which you can visit him ; the only recompense you can award to my client. And for those damages she now appeals to an enlightened, a high-minded, a right-feeling, a conscientious, a dispassionate, a sympathizing, a contemplative jury of her civilized countrymen.
Página 290 - I look for protection, for assistance, for comfort, and for consolation; in single gentlemen I shall perpetually see something to remind me of what Mr. Bardell was when he first won my young and untried affections; to a single gentleman, then, shall my lodgings be let.
Página x - Boz,' my signature in the Morning Chronicle, appended to the monthly cover of this book, and retained long afterwards, was the nickname of a pet child, a younger brother, whom I had dubbed Moses, in honour of the Vicar of Wakefield; which being facetiously pronounced through the nose, became Boses, and being shortened, became Boz. 'Boz' was a very familiar household word to me, long before I was an author, and so I came to adopt it.
Página viii - I walked down to Westminster Hall, and turned into it for half an hour, because my eyes were so dimmed with joy and pride that they could not bear the street, and were not fit to be seen there.
Página 291 - ... to their solemn contract ; and I am in a situation to prove to you, on the testimony of three of his own friends, — most unwilling witnesses, gentlemen — most unwilling witnesses — that on that morning he was discovered by them holding the plaintiff in his amis, and soothing her agitation by his caresses and endearments.
Página 280 - ... you may have heerd on Mary my dear) altho it does finish a portrait and put the frame and glass on complete with a hook at the end to hang it up by, and all in two minutes and a quarter.
Página 291 - Pickwick if he be in court, as I am informed he is, that it would have been more decent in him, more becoming, in better judgment, and in better taste, if he had stopped away. Let me tell him, gentlemen, that any gestures of dissent or disapprobation in which he may indulge in this court will not go down with you ; that you will know how to value and how to appreciate them ; and let me tell him further, as my lord will tell you, gentlemen, that a counsel, in the discharge of his duty to his client,...