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Page 142
... eyes . They are , in fact , a boy's characters : fabulous beings , drawn not critically but in wonder . And one of them is quite excellent , the gentlemanly boat- swain Mr Chucks , a comic creation Dickens would not have been ashamed of ...
... eyes . They are , in fact , a boy's characters : fabulous beings , drawn not critically but in wonder . And one of them is quite excellent , the gentlemanly boat- swain Mr Chucks , a comic creation Dickens would not have been ashamed of ...
Page 189
... eyes of the narrator Mr Lockwood , the outsider from the south who has rented Thrushcross Park from him . We share in Lockwood's bewilderment and curiosity at the strange situation at Wuthering Heights , and through him we feel the full ...
... eyes of the narrator Mr Lockwood , the outsider from the south who has rented Thrushcross Park from him . We share in Lockwood's bewilderment and curiosity at the strange situation at Wuthering Heights , and through him we feel the full ...
Page 334
... eyes , and , as the maid shut the door to , and she heard the swish of Lucy's skirts , she felt like a nun who has left the world and feels fold round her the familiar veils and the response to old devotions . The cook was whistling in ...
... eyes , and , as the maid shut the door to , and she heard the swish of Lucy's skirts , she felt like a nun who has left the world and feels fold round her the familiar veils and the response to old devotions . The cook was whistling in ...
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