The Works of Charles Dickens in Thirty-four [i.e. Thirty-eight] Volumes, Volume 2, Issue 2C. Scribner's Sons, 1868 |
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afore ain't appeared Arabella arter Bardell Ben Allen Benjamin Allen better Bladud Bob Sawyer Brick Lane chair Cluppins coach coat countenance court dear sir debtor's prison Dodson and Fogg door Dowler Esquire exclaimed eyes face fat boy father feelings fellow Fleet Prison greengrocer hand head hear heerd honour inquired John Smauker jury knock legs Lord Lowten ma'am manner Mary matter mind morning never night nodded nothin old gentleman old lady once Pell Phunky Pickwick pocket Pott prison Raddle rayther rejoined replied Bob replied Perker replied Sam Roker Sam Weller Sam's Samivel Sammy Samuel Weller seat Serjeant Buzfuz Serjeant Snubbin Skimpin Smangle smile Snodgrass stairs Stiggins stopped street there's thing thought tipstaff took Tuckle Tupman turned turnkey uncle vith voice walked Wardle wery whispered window Winkle Winkle's word young lady
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Page 79 - Mrs. Bardell's opinions of the opposite sex, gentlemen, were derived from a long contemplation of the inestimable qualities of her lost husband. She had no fear, she had no distrust, she had no suspicion, all was confidence and reliance. ' Mr. Bardell,' said the widow,
Page 58 - That's a wery pretty sentiment," said the elder Mr. Weller, removing his pipe to make way for the remark. " Yes, I think it is rayther good," observed Sam, highly flattered. " Wot I like in that 'ere style of writin'," said the elder Mr. Weller, " is, that there ain't no callin' names in it — no Wenuses, nor nothin' o' that kind. Wot's the good o' callin' a young 'ooman a Wenus or a angel, Sammy ? " "Ah ! what, indeed ?
Page 84 - ... within or without. All is gloom and silence in the house; even the voice of the child is hushed; his infant sports are disregarded when his mother weeps; his "alley tors" and his "commoneys" are alike neglected; he forgets the long familiar cry of "knuckle down," and at tip-cheese, or odd and even, his hand is out.
Page 8 - You're wery good, sir,' replied Mr Weller. 'Just hold me at first, Sam; will you?' said Mr Winkle. 'There that's right. I shall soon get in the way of it, Sam. Not too fast, Sam; not too fast.
Page 79 - I look for protection, for assistance, for comfort, and for consolation; in single gentlemen I shall perpetually see something to remind me of what Mr. Bardell was when he first won my young and untried affections; to a single gentleman, then, shall my lodgings be let.
Page 65 - ... read the report of the Brick Lane Branch committee; a proposition which was again received with a demonstration of pocket-handkerchiefs.
Page 81 - Let me tell him, gentlemen, that any gestures of dissent or disapprobation in which he may indulge in this court will not go down with you ; that you will know how to value and how to appreciate them ; and let me tell him further...
Page 59 - I thought it best to make that rayther strong," said Sam, looking up. Mr Weller nodded approvingly, and Sam resumed. " ' So I take the privilidge of the day, Mary, my dear — as the gen'l'm'n in difficulties did, ven he valked out of a Sunday — to tell you that the first and only time I see you, your likeness was took on my hart in much quicker time and brighter...
Page 83 - PAPERS (as is no doubt the case) it is a mere cover for hidden fire — a mere substitute for some endearing word or promise, agreeably to a preconcerted system of correspondence...
Page 57 - That ain't proper," said Mr. Weller, taking his pipe from his mouth. "No ; it ain't 'dammed,' " observed Sam, holding the letter up to the light, "it's ' shamed,' there's a blot there — ' I feel myself ashamed." " "Wery good,