By the by, who ever knew a man who never…

By the by, who ever knew a man who never read or wrote neither who hadn’t got some small back parlour which he would call a study!

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Chapter 35.

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Think, Sir!” replied Mr. Weller; “why, I think he’s the wictim o’ connubiality, as Blue Beard’s domestic chaplain said, vith a tear of pity, ven he buried him. - View Quote Details on Think, Sir!” replied Mr. Weller; “why, I think he’s the…
Never mind the character, stick to the alleybi. - View Quote Details on Never mind the character, stick to the alleybi.
Eccentricities of genius, Sam,” said Mr. Pickwick. “You may retire. - View Quote Details on Eccentricities of genius, Sam,” said Mr. Pickwick. “You may retire.
Whenever the Buffs and Blues met together at public meeting… disputes and high words arose between them… Everything in Eatanswill was made a party question. If the Buffs proposed to new skylight the market-place, the Blues got up public meetings, and denounced the proceeding; if the Blues proposed the erection of an additional pump in the High Street, the Buffs rose as one man and stood aghast at the enormity. - View Quote Details on Whenever the Buffs and Blues met together at public meeting…
We know, Mr. Weller—we, who are men of the world—that a good uniform must work its way with the women, sooner or later. - View Quote Details on We know, Mr. Weller—we, who are men of the world—that…
He had used the word in its Pickwickian sense. - View Quote Details on He had used the word in its Pickwickian sense.
I wants to make your flesh creep. - View Quote Details on I wants to make your flesh creep.
I took a good deal o’ pains with his eddication, sir; let him run in the streets when he was wery young, and shift for his-self. It’s the only way to make a boy sharp, sir. - View Quote Details on I took a good deal o’ pains with his eddication,…
We still leave unblotted in the leaves of our statute book, for the reverence and admiration of successive ages, the just and wholesome law which declares that the sturdy felon shall be fed and clothed, and that the penniless debtor shall be left to die of starvation and nakedness. This is no fiction. - View Quote Details on We still leave unblotted in the leaves of our statute…
Anythin’ for a quiet life, as the man said wen he took the sitivation at the lighthouse. - View Quote Details on Anythin’ for a quiet life, as the man said wen…