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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... kind . Chizzle , Mizzle , and otherwise , have lapsed into a habit of vaguely promising themselves that they will look into that outstanding little matter , and see what can be done for Drizzle - who was not well used - when Jarndyce ...
... kind . Chizzle , Mizzle , and otherwise , have lapsed into a habit of vaguely promising themselves that they will look into that outstanding little matter , and see what can be done for Drizzle - who was not well used - when Jarndyce ...
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... kind of tribute . He likes Mr. Tulkinghorn's dress ; there is a kind of tribute in that too . It is eminently respectable , and likewise , in a general way , retainer - like . It expresses , as it were , the steward of the legal ...
... kind of tribute . He likes Mr. Tulkinghorn's dress ; there is a kind of tribute in that too . It is eminently respectable , and likewise , in a general way , retainer - like . It expresses , as it were , the steward of the legal ...
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... kind of thing . To be sure , he has not a vital interest in the suit in question , her part in which was the only property my Lady brought him ; and he has a shadowy impression that for his name - the name of Dedlock - to be in a cause ...
... kind of thing . To be sure , he has not a vital interest in the suit in question , her part in which was the only property my Lady brought him ; and he has a shadowy impression that for his name - the name of Dedlock - to be in a cause ...
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... kind of fright beyond my grief ; and I caught hold of her dress , and was kneeling to her . She had been saying all the while , " Let me go ! " But now she stood still . Her darkened face had such power over me , that it stopped me in ...
... kind of fright beyond my grief ; and I caught hold of her dress , and was kneeling to her . She had been saying all the while , " Let me go ! " But now she stood still . Her darkened face had such power over me , that it stopped me in ...
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... kind . The gentleman in the bag wig laid bundles of papers on his lordship's table , and his lordship silently selected one , and turned over the leaves . " Miss Clare , " said the Lord Chancellor . " Miss Ada Clare ? " Mr. Kenge ...
... kind . The gentleman in the bag wig laid bundles of papers on his lordship's table , and his lordship silently selected one , and turned over the leaves . " Miss Clare , " said the Lord Chancellor . " Miss Ada Clare ? " Mr. Kenge ...
Términos y frases comunes
Allan asked Bagnet Baronet better Bleak House Boythorn Bucket Caddy Chadband chair Chancery Chancery Lane Charley Chesney Wold child comes Court Court of Chancery cousin cried dark dear door Esther eyes face fire gentleman George gone Grandfather Smallweed guardian Guppy Guster guv'ner hand happy head hear heard heart honour hope Jarndyce and Jarndyce Jobling Kenge knew Krook Lady Dedlock ladyship laugh Lincoln's Inn Fields Lincolnshire little woman look Lord Chancellor manner mean mind Miss Flite Miss Jellyby Miss Summerson morning mother never night old girl Phil poor present replied returned Richard Rouncewell round says seemed shaking Sir Leicester Dedlock sitting Skimpole smile Snagsby speak suppose sure tell thing thought told took trooper Tulkinghorn turned Turveydrop up-stairs Vholes voice Volumnia walk Weevle window wish Woodcourt words young
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Página 2 - The raw afternoon is rawest, and the dense fog is densest, and the muddy streets are muddiest, near that leaden-headed old obstruction, appropriate ornament for the threshold of a leaden-headed old corporation : Temple Bar. And в hard by Temple Bar, in Lincoln's Inn Hall, at the very heart of the fog, sits the Lord High Chancellor in his High Court of Chancery.
Página 3 - The little plaintiff or defendant, who was promised a new rocking-horse when Jarndyce and Jarndyce should be settled, has grown up, possessed himself of a real horse, and trotted away into the other world. Fair wards of court have faded into mothers and grandmothers ; a long procession of Chancellors has come in and gone out; the legion of bills in the suit have been transformed into mere bills of mortality...
Página 12 - So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.
Página 130 - And that's how I know how ; don't you see, sir ? " " And do you often go out ? " " As often as I can," said Charley, opening her eyes, and smiling, " because of earning sixpences and shillings ! " " And do you always lock the babies up when you go out ? " " To keep 'cm safe, sir, don't you see ?
Página 399 - The light is come upon the dark benighted way. Dead ! Dead, your Majesty. Dead, my lords and gentlemen. Dead, Right Reverends and Wrong Reverends of every order. Dead, men and women, born with Heavenly compassion in your hearts. And dying thus around us every day.
Página 351 - Then upon my honour," says Sir Leicester after a terrific pause during which he has been heard to snort and felt to stare, "then upon my honour, upon my life, upon my reputation and principles, the floodgates of society are burst open, and the waters have - a obliterated the landmarks of the framework of the cohesion by which things are held together!
Página 107 - ... little, playing the piano a little, playing the guitar a little, playing the harp a little, singing a little, working a little, reading a little, writing poetry a little, and botanising a little.
Página 1 - Fog everywhere. Fog up the river, where it flows among green aits and meadows; fog down the river, where it rolls denied among the tiers of shipping, and the waterside pollutions of a great (and dirty) city. Fog on the Essex marshes, fog on the Kentish heights.
Página 398 - Jo closes his eyes, muttering, "I'm wery thankful." After watching him closely a little while, Allan puts his mouth very near his ear and says to him in a low, distinct voice, "Jo! Did you ever know a prayer?