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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... observe that I do not wilfully or negligently mislead my readers , and that before I wrote that description I took pains to investigate the ... observed * In August , 1853 . Preface . vii in that case , are the appearances vi Preface .
... observe that I do not wilfully or negligently mislead my readers , and that before I wrote that description I took pains to investigate the ... observed * In August , 1853 . Preface . vii in that case , are the appearances vi Preface .
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Charles Dickens. Preface . vii in that case , are the appearances observed in Mr. Krook's case . The next most famous instance happened at Rheims , six years earlier ; and the historian in that case is LE CAT , one of the most renowned ...
Charles Dickens. Preface . vii in that case , are the appearances observed in Mr. Krook's case . The next most famous instance happened at Rheims , six years earlier ; and the historian in that case is LE CAT , one of the most renowned ...
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... observed that no two Chancery law- yers can talk about it for five minutes , without coming to a total disagreement as to all the premises . Innumerable children have been born into the cause ; innu- merable young people have married ...
... observed that no two Chancery law- yers can talk about it for five minutes , without coming to a total disagreement as to all the premises . Innumerable children have been born into the cause ; innu- merable young people have married ...
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... observe that in law you had none ) , being deceased , and it naturally not being to be expected that Mrs. Rachael- " O dear no ! " said Mrs. Rachael , quickly . 66 " " Quite so , " assented Mr. Kenge ; - " that Mrs. Rachael should ...
... observe that in law you had none ) , being deceased , and it naturally not being to be expected that Mrs. Rachael- " O dear no ! " said Mrs. Rachael , quickly . 66 " " Quite so , " assented Mr. Kenge ; - " that Mrs. Rachael should ...
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... observed , in a low voice , " if I may venture to remind your lordship , provides a suitable companion for - " For Mr. Richard Carstone ? " I thought ( but I am not quite sure ) I heard his lordship say , in an equally low voice , and ...
... observed , in a low voice , " if I may venture to remind your lordship , provides a suitable companion for - " For Mr. Richard Carstone ? " I thought ( but I am not quite sure ) I heard his lordship say , in an equally low voice , and ...
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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?