Wife of the Above," I drew a childish conclusion that my mother was freckled and sickly. To five little stone lozenges, each about a foot and a half long, which were arranged in a neat row beside their grave, and were sacred to the memory of five little... Great Expectationsby Charles Dickens - 1861 - 323 pagesFull view - About this book
| Literature - 1913 - 878 pages
...family except what the tombstones of his parents suggested to his active fancy. "To Bhe five little stone lozenges, each about a foot and a half long,...had all been born on their backs with their hands in their trouser pockets." Pip himself was "brought up by hand" with the unpleasant assistance of plenty... | |
| American essays - 1871 - 776 pages
...long, .... sacred to the memory of five little brothers, .... to which I had been indebted for a belief that they had all been born on their backs, with their hands in their trousers pockets, and had never taken them out in this state of existence"; — all these points,... | |
| Charles Dickens - English literature - 1861 - 630 pages
...of the Above," I drew a childish conclusion>that my mother was freckled and sickly. To five little stone lozenges, each about a foot and a half long,...had all been born on their backs with their hands in their trousers-pockets, and had never taken them out in this state of existence. Ours was the marsh... | |
| Charles Dickens - 1863 - 562 pages
...of the Above," I drew a childish conclusion that my mother was freckled and sickly. To five little stone lozenges, each about a foot and a half long,...had all been born on their backs with their hands in their trouserspockets, and had never taken them out in this state of existence. Ours was the marsh... | |
| Charles Dickens - 1868 - 658 pages
...of the Above," I drew a childish conclusion that my mother was freckled and sickly. To five little stone lozenges, each about a foot and a half long,...belief I religiously entertained that they had all been bom on their backs with their hands in their trousers-pockets, and hi • J never taken them out in... | |
| Charles Dickens - 1871 - 250 pages
...Wife of the Above" I drew a childish conclusion that my mother was freckled and sickly. To five little stone lozenges, each about a foot and a half long,...all been born on their backs, with their hands in their trousers pockets, and had never taken them out in this state of existence. Ours was the marsh... | |
| Charles Dickens - 1876 - 200 pages
...oftlie Above," I drew a childish conclusion that my mother was freckled and sickly. 1 To five little stone lozenges, each about a foot and a half long,...who gave up trying to get a living exceedingly early iu that universal struggle — I am indebted, for a belief I religiously entertained that they had... | |
| Charles Dickens - 1873 - 584 pages
...Wife of the Above" I drew a childish conclusion that my mother was freckled and sickly. To five little e~c f f fGg f f [ c a>g?g e fCgDg fkfe& , d `cf fub f g g Z c[c f fSf ] V fe^ _ Z~f f f f f4c g graves, and were sacred to the memory of five little brothers of mine — who gave up trying to get... | |
| English literature - 1880 - 376 pages
...To five little stone lozenges, each about a foot and a half long, which were arranged in a neat row, and were sacred to the memory of five little brothers...all been born on their backs, with their hands in their trouser pockets, and had never taken them out in this state of existence. Ours was the marsh... | |
| Manchester Literary Club - Literature - 1880 - 772 pages
...shape of escaped convicts sometimes caught there. Pip, the hero of the story, says : To five little stone lozenges, each about a foot and a half long, which were arranged in a neat row, and were sacred to the memory of five little brothers of mine — who gave up trying to get n living... | |
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