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].1867 |
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... better days I bad- " " Done business with him , " said Mr. Bonney with a meaning look . " Just so , " replied Ralph ; " I couldn't lend it , you know . " " Oh , of course not . " " But as I wanted a clerk just then , to open the door ...
... better days I bad- " " Done business with him , " said Mr. Bonney with a meaning look . " Just so , " replied Ralph ; " I couldn't lend it , you know . " " Oh , of course not . " " But as I wanted a clerk just then , to open the door ...
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... better get them out at the end of it , " said Ralph . They can't do better than go back to the country , ma'am ; they are in everybody's way here . " 66 Certainly , " said Miss La Creevy , rubbing her hands , " if Mrs. Nickleby took the ...
... better get them out at the end of it , " said Ralph . They can't do better than go back to the country , ma'am ; they are in everybody's way here . " 66 Certainly , " said Miss La Creevy , rubbing her hands , " if Mrs. Nickleby took the ...
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... better ( as indeed she had , very often ) , and that she never knew in his life - time how the money went , but that if he had confided in her they might all have been better off that day ; with other bitter recollections common to most ...
... better ( as indeed she had , very often ) , and that she never knew in his life - time how the money went , but that if he had confided in her they might all have been better off that day ; with other bitter recollections common to most ...
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... better answer to this question , the little boy screwed a couple of knuckles into each of his eyes and began to cry , wherefore Mr. Squeers knocked him off the trunk with a blow on one side of his face , and knocked him on again with a ...
... better answer to this question , the little boy screwed a couple of knuckles into each of his eyes and began to cry , wherefore Mr. Squeers knocked him off the trunk with a blow on one side of his face , and knocked him on again with a ...
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... better thing . " " Hem ! " said the other . " Twenty pounds per annewum , I believe , Mr. Squeers ? " " Guineas , " rejoined the schoolmaster , with a persuasive smile . " Pounds for two , I think , Mr. Squeers , " said Mr. Snawley ...
... better thing . " " Hem ! " said the other . " Twenty pounds per annewum , I believe , Mr. Squeers ? " " Guineas , " rejoined the schoolmaster , with a persuasive smile . " Pounds for two , I think , Mr. Squeers , " said Mr. Snawley ...
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Page 55 - Please, sir, he's weeding the garden," replied a small voice. "To be sure," said Squeers, by no means disconcerted. "So he is. Bot, bot, tin, tin, bottin, ney, ney, bottinney, noun substantive, a knowledge of plants. When he has learned that bottinney means a knowledge of plants, he goes and knows 'em. That's our system, Nickleby; what do you think of it?" "It is a very useful one, at any rate,
Page 346 - It is an exquisite and beautiful thing in our nature, that when the heart is touched and softened by some tranquil happiness or affectionate feeling, the memory of the dead comes over it most powerfully and irresistibly. It would almost seem as though our better thoughts and sympathies were charms, in virtue of which the soul is enabled to hold Mme vague and mysterious intercourse with the spirits of those whom we dearly loved in life.