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].1868 |
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... ships , right ' cross th ' meshes . " We always used that name for marshes in our country . " I wonder who's put into prison - ships , and why they're put there ? " said I , in a general way , and with quiet desperation . It was too ...
... ships , right ' cross th ' meshes . " We always used that name for marshes in our country . " I wonder who's put into prison - ships , and why they're put there ? " said I , in a general way , and with quiet desperation . It was too ...
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... ship ; I made a dash and I done it . I could ha ' got clear of these death - cold flats likewise - look at my leg : you won't find much iron on it - if I hadn't made discovery that he was here . Let him go free ? Let him profit by the ...
... ship ; I made a dash and I done it . I could ha ' got clear of these death - cold flats likewise - look at my leg : you won't find much iron on it - if I hadn't made discovery that he was here . Let him go free ? Let him profit by the ...
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... ship seemed in my young eyes to be ironed like the prisoners . We saw the boat go alongside , and we saw him taken up the side and disappear . Then , the ends of the torches were flung hissing into the water , and went out , as if it ...
... ship seemed in my young eyes to be ironed like the prisoners . We saw the boat go alongside , and we saw him taken up the side and disappear . Then , the ends of the torches were flung hissing into the water , and went out , as if it ...
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... like the noise of wind in the rigging of a ship at sea . She saw me looking at it , and she said , " You could drink without hurt all the strong beer that's brewed there now , boy . " " I should think I could , miss , "
... like the noise of wind in the rigging of a ship at sea . She saw me looking at it , and she said , " You could drink without hurt all the strong beer that's brewed there now , boy . " " I should think I could , miss , "
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... ships that were still sailing on at the bottom of the water . Whenever I watched the vessels standing out to sea with their white sails spread , I somehow thought of Miss Havisham and Estella ; and whenever the light struck aslant ...
... ships that were still sailing on at the bottom of the water . Whenever I watched the vessels standing out to sea with their white sails spread , I somehow thought of Miss Havisham and Estella ; and whenever the light struck aslant ...
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ain't appeared asked Barnard's Inn beautiful began better Biddy boat called chair Charley Walters child coach Compeyson cried dark dear boy dinner door dress Drummle Estella eyes face fellow felt fire gentleman gone hair hand Handel head heard heart Herbert honorable hour Jaggers Joe's kind knew lady legs light Little Britain live London looked looking-glass means mind Miss Havisham morning never night noble savage o'clock Old Cheeseman once Orlick passed Pocket pretty prison Provis Pumblechook replied returned river round Satis House seemed seen ship side sister soon stood stopped street suppose tell thing thought told took town turned Vestry walk wall Walworth Wemmick Whimple William Butcher window woman Wopsle word young
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Página 168 - O well for the fisherman's boy, That he shouts with his sister at play ! O well for the sailor lad, That he sings in his boat on the bay ! And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill ; But O for the touch of a...
Página 168 - And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill; But O for the touch of a vanish'd hand, And the sound of a voice that is still ! Break, break, break, At the foot of thy crags, O sea! But the tender grace of a day that is dead Will never come back to me.
Página 308 - It is the setting-in of the bright Arabian Nights. Oh, now all common things become uncommon and enchanted to me ! All lamps are wonderful ; all rings are talismans.
Página 135 - Ran away, a negro woman and two children. A few days before she went off, I burnt her with a hot iron, on the left side of her face. I tried to make the letter M.
Página 143 - Is it not a very disgraceful circumstance that such a man as So and So should be acquiring a large property by the most infamous and odious means, and notwithstanding all the crimes of which he has been guilty, should be tolerated and abetted by your Citizens? He is a public nuisance, is he not?" — "Yes, sir." — "A convicted liar?" — "Yes, sir." — "He has been kicked, and cuffed, and caned?" — "Yes, sir." — "And he is utterly dishonorable, debased, and profligate?" — "Yes, sir." "In...
Página 162 - I see the star!" And often they cried out both together, knowing so well when it would rise, and where. So they grew to be such friends with it, that, before lying down in their...
Página 116 - It was not until I came on Table Rock, and looked — Great Heaven, on what a fall of bright-green water ! — that it came upon me in its full might and majesty. Then, when I felt how near to my Creator I was standing, the first effect, and the enduring one — instant and lasting — of the tremendous spectacle, was Peace. Peace of Mind, tranquillity, calm recollections of the Dead, great thoughts of Eternal Rest and Happiness : nothing of gloom or terror. Niagara was at once stamped upon my heart...
Página 36 - ... on, on, on — tears the mad dragon of an engine with its train of cars ; scattering in all directions a shower of burning sparks from its wood fire ; screeching, hissing, yelling, panting - until at last the thirsty monster stops beneath a covered way to drink, the people cluster round, and you have time to breathe again.
Página 2 - The man, after looking at me for a moment, turned me upside down, and emptied my pockets. There was nothing in them but a piece of bread. When the church came to itself — for he was so sudden and strong that he made it go head over heels before me, and I saw the steeple under my feet — when the church came to itself, I say, I was seated on a high tombstone, trembling, while he ate the bread ravenously. "You young dog," said the man, licking his lips, "what fat cheeks you ha
Página 99 - An enormous ditch, sometimes two or three miles wide, running liquid mud, six miles an hour : its strong and frothy current choked and obstructed everywhere by huge logs and whole forest trees...