The Old Curiosity ShopHarper & Brothers, Publishers, 1872 - 2 էջ |
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... brass buttons up the front , and only one behind ; a bright check neckerchief , a plaid waistcoat , soiled white trowsers , and a very limp hat , worn with the wrong side foremost , to hide a hole in the brim . The breast of his coat ...
... brass buttons up the front , and only one behind ; a bright check neckerchief , a plaid waistcoat , soiled white trowsers , and a very limp hat , worn with the wrong side foremost , to hide a hole in the brim . The breast of his coat ...
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... remarked that he called that comfort . The legal gentleman , whose melodious name was Brass , might have called it comfort also but for two drawbacks : one was , that he could by no exertion sit easy in his chair , the seat of which.
... remarked that he called that comfort . The legal gentleman , whose melodious name was Brass , might have called it comfort also but for two drawbacks : one was , that he could by no exertion sit easy in his chair , the seat of which.
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... Brass was an attorney of no very good re- pute , from Bevis Marks in the city of London ; he was a tall , meagre man ... Brass ? is it nice ? is it fragrant ? do you feel like the Grand Turk ? " said Quilp . Mr. Brass thought that if he ...
... Brass was an attorney of no very good re- pute , from Bevis Marks in the city of London ; he was a tall , meagre man ... Brass ? is it nice ? is it fragrant ? do you feel like the Grand Turk ? " said Quilp . Mr. Brass thought that if he ...
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... Brass . " Some people , sir , would have sold or removed the goods - oh dear , the very instant the law allowed ' em ... Brass . " You have such spirits ! " The smoking sentinel at the door interposed in this place , and without taking ...
... Brass . " Some people , sir , would have sold or removed the goods - oh dear , the very instant the law allowed ' em ... Brass . " You have such spirits ! " The smoking sentinel at the door interposed in this place , and without taking ...
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... Brass . All that day , and all the next , the old man re- mained in this state . He wandered up and down the house and into and out of the various rooms , as if with some vague intent of bidding them adieu , but he referred neither by ...
... Brass . All that day , and all the next , the old man re- mained in this state . He wandered up and down the house and into and out of the various rooms , as if with some vague intent of bidding them adieu , but he referred neither by ...
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Abel appeared asked Barbara Becky Morgan better Bevis Marks bless cheerful Cheggs child Chuckster Codlin cried Brass Daniel Quilp dear Dick door dwarf eyes face fear fire Garland gone grandfather hand happy head hear heart hope hurried Jarley Jiniwin kind Kit's mother knocking laugh legs light little Jacob little Nell lodger looked ma'am Marchioness MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK matter mind Miss Brass Miss Monflathers Miss Sally morning never night nodded Notary old gentleman old lady passed pony poor Quilp rejoined replied returned Richard Swiveller round Sampson Brass school-master seemed short silent single gentleman sleep small servant smile stairs stood stop street sure Swiv talk tell There's thing thought tion told Tom Scott took turned voice Wackles walk whispered window Witherden word young
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Էջ 226 - ... then hugged it to his breast again, murmuring that it was warmer now ; and as he said it he looked, in agony, to those who stood around, as if imploring them to help her.
Էջ 35 - My boat is on the shore, And my bark is on the sea ; But, before I go, Tom Moore, Here's a double health to thee ! Here's a sigh to those who love me, And a smile to those who hate ; And whatever sky's above me, Here's a heart for every fate. Though the ocean roar around me, Yet it still shall bear me on ; Though a desert should surround me, It...
Էջ 226 - ... patient, noble Nell, was dead. Her little bird — a poor, slight thing the pressure of a finger would have crushed — was stirring nimbly in its cage ; and the strong heart of its child-mistress was mute and motionless for ever. Where were the traces of her early cares, her sufferings, and fatigues ? All gone. Sorrow was dead indeed in her, but peace and perfect happiness were born ; imaged in her tranquil beauty and profound repose.
Էջ 228 - Under that porch, where she had sat when Heaven in its mercy brought her to that peaceful spot, she passed again, and the old church received her in its quiet shade.
Էջ 228 - When Death strikes down the innocent and young, for every fragile form from which he lets the panting spirit free, a hundred virtues rise, in shapes of mercy, charity, and love, to walk the world, and bless it.
Էջ 196 - Statutes in that case made and provided, and against the peace of our Sovereign Lord the King, his crown, and dignity.
Էջ 226 - For the rest, she had never murmured or complained ; but with a quiet mind, and manner quite unaltered — save that she every day became more earnest and more grateful to them — faded like the light upon a summer's evening.
Էջ 174 - Oh! ever thus, from childhood's hour, I've seen my fondest hopes decay; I never loved a tree or flower, But 'twas the first to fade away.
Էջ 5 - MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK, as originally constructed, became one of the lost books of the earth — which, we all know, are far more precious than any that can be read for love or money.
Էջ 14 - But what," said Mr. Swiveller with a sigh, " what is the odds so long as the fire of soul is kindled at the taper of conwiviality, and the wing of friendship never moults a feather ! What is the odds so long as the spirit is expanded by means of rosy wine, and the present moment is the least happiest of our existence !" " You needn't act the chairman here," said his friend, half aside. " Fred 1" cried Mr. Swiveller, tapping his nose, " a word to the wise is sufficient for them — we may be good...