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... o'clock one winter's night , to half - baptise a washerwoman's child in a slop - basin , and the gratitude of the parishioners knew no bounds — the very churchwardens grew generous , and insisted on the parish defraying the expense of ...
... o'clock one winter's night , to half - baptise a washerwoman's child in a slop - basin , and the gratitude of the parishioners knew no bounds — the very churchwardens grew generous , and insisted on the parish defraying the expense of ...
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... o'clock— and the little nicknacks are always arranged in precisely the same manner . The greater part of these are presents from little girls whose parents live in the same row ; but some of them , such as the two old - fashioned ...
... o'clock— and the little nicknacks are always arranged in precisely the same manner . The greater part of these are presents from little girls whose parents live in the same row ; but some of them , such as the two old - fashioned ...
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... know their own business best , and so forth . At last , one fine morning , at a quarter before eight o'clock , A.m. , two glass - coaches drove up to the Miss Willises ' VOL . I. C door , at which Mr. Robinson had arrived in a.
... know their own business best , and so forth . At last , one fine morning , at a quarter before eight o'clock , A.m. , two glass - coaches drove up to the Miss Willises ' VOL . I. C door , at which Mr. Robinson had arrived in a.
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... o'clock every morning , with " Missis's compliments , and wishes to know how Mrs. Robinson finds herself this morning ? " And the answer always was , " Mrs. Robinson's compliments , and she's in very good spirits , and doesn't find ...
... o'clock every morning , with " Missis's compliments , and wishes to know how Mrs. Robinson finds herself this morning ? " And the answer always was , " Mrs. Robinson's compliments , and she's in very good spirits , and doesn't find ...
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... o'clock in the morning , out of which there emerged a fat old woman , in a cloak and nightcap , with a bundle in one hand , and a pair of pattens in the other , who looked as if she had been suddenly knocked up out of bed for some very ...
... o'clock in the morning , out of which there emerged a fat old woman , in a cloak and nightcap , with a bundle in one hand , and a pair of pattens in the other , who looked as if she had been suddenly knocked up out of bed for some very ...
Contents
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CHAPTER XVIII | 177 |
CHAPTER XIX | 190 |
CHAPTER XX | 197 |
CHAPTER XXII | 212 |
CHAPTER XXIII | 219 |
CHAPTER XXIV | 228 |
CHAPTER XXV | 234 |
CHARACTERS | 251 |
CHAPTER III | 69 |
CHAPTER IV | 75 |
CHAPTER V | 81 |
CHAPTER VI | 87 |
CHAPTER VII | 95 |
CHAPTER VIII | 100 |
CHAPTER IX | 107 |
CHAPTER X | 113 |
Astleys | 121 |
CHAPTER XII | 129 |
CHAPTER XIII | 139 |
CHAPTER XIV | 147 |
CHAPTER XV | 154 |
CHAPTER XVI | 161 |
CHAPTER II | 257 |
CHAPTER III | 263 |
CHAPTER IV | 269 |
The Parlour Orator | 275 |
CHAPTER VI | 281 |
CHAPTER VII | 286 |
CHAPTER VIII | 293 |
CHAPTER IX | 300 |
CHAPTER X | 307 |
CHAPTER XII | 319 |
The Boardinghouse | 323 |
CHAPTER II | 367 |
CHAPTER III | 380 |
Common terms and phrases
amusement appearance astonishment Augustus Cooper beadle Bloss blue boots boys Bung churchwardens coach coat costermongers crowd dancing dear delight dinner dirty door dress ejaculated Evenson exclaimed eyes face feelings fellow Fixem front gentleman George Cruikshank girl glass Gravesend green hackney-coach hand head heard hour inquired Jennings Rodolph John Dounce knocked knocker laugh look Maplesone Margate Minns misery Miss Brook Miss Crumpton Miss J'mima Ivins Miss Martin Miss Willises morning mother neckerchief never night o'clock Old Bailey old lady once pantomime parish parlour party pawnbrokers prison quadrille replied Robert Smithers round Samuel Wilkins seated Serjeant-at-Arms servant Seven Dials shabby-genteel shouts side Signor Billsmethi Spruggins standing stout street street-door theatres Thomas Potter Tibbs Tupple turn vestry voice waistcoat walked whispered whole window Wisbottle woman workhouse wretched young lady
Popular passages
Page 258 - One little seat may be empty ; one slight form that gladdened the father's heart, and roused the mother's pride to look upon, may not be there. Dwell not upon the past ; think not that one short year ago, the fair child now resolving into dust, sat before you, with the bloom of health upon its cheek, and the gaiety of infancy in its joyous eye.
Page 111 - ... parties arriving every moment, look as warm as the tables which have been recently painted, and have the appearance of being redhot. What a dust and noise! Men and women — boys and girls — sweethearts and married people — babies in arms, and children in chaises — pipes and shrimps — cigars and periwinkles — tea and tobacco. Gentlemen, in alarming waistcoats, and steel watch-guards, promenading about, three abreast, with surprising dignity (or as the gentleman in the next box facetiously...
Page v - 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.
Page 308 - ... old shoes from slipping off at the heels, — if you observe too that his yellowish-white neckerchief is carefully pinned up, to conceal the tattered garment underneath, and that his hands are encased in the remains of an old pair of beaver gloves , you may set him down as a shabbygenteel man. A glance at that depressed face, and timorous air of conscious poverty , will make your heart ache — always supposing that you are neither a philosopher, nor a political economist.