Firstly, that it may be safely asserted, and yet without…

Firstly, that it may be safely asserted, and yet without implying any direct participation in the Manboddo doctrine touching the probability of the human race having once been monkeys, that men do play very strange and extraordinary tricks. Secondly, and yet without trenching on the Blumenbach theory as to the descendants of Adam having a vast number of qualities which belong more particularly to swine than to any other class of animals in the creation, that some men certainly are remarkable for taking uncommon good care of themselves.

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Chapter 1.

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I’ll tell you what, my dear,” he observed, when Mrs Gamp had at last withdrawn and shut the door, “that’s a ve-ry shrewd woman. That’s a woman whose intellect is immensely superior to her station in life. That’s a woman who observes and reflects in an uncommon manner. She’s the sort of woman now,” said Mould, drawing his silk handkerchief over his head again, and composing himself for a nap “one would almost feel disposed to bury for nothing; and do it neatly, too! - View Quote Details on I’ll tell you what, my dear,” he observed, when Mrs…
Oh, Sairey, Sairey, little do we know what lays before us! - View Quote Details on Oh, Sairey, Sairey, little do we know what lays before…
There might be some credit in being jolly with a wife. - View Quote Details on There might be some credit in being jolly with a…
He’d make a lovely corpse. - View Quote Details on He’d make a lovely corpse.
Home is a name, a word, it is a strong one; stronger than magician ever spoke, or spirit ever answered to, in the strongest conjuration. - View Quote Details on Home is a name, a word, it is a strong…
Keep up appearances whatever you do. - View Quote Details on Keep up appearances whatever you do.
Let us be moral. Let us contemplate existence. - View Quote Details on Let us be moral. Let us contemplate existence.
Here’s the rule for bargains — ‘Do other men, for they would do you.’ That’s the true business precept. - View Quote Details on Here’s the rule for bargains — ‘Do other men, for…
Rich folks may ride on camels, but it an’t so easy for ‘em to see out of a needle’s eye. That is my comfort, and I hope I knows it. - View Quote Details on Rich folks may ride on camels, but it an’t so…
Regrets,” said Martin, “are the natural property of grey hairs; and I enjoy, in common with all other men, at least my share of such inheritance. - View Quote Details on Regrets,” said Martin, “are the natural property of grey hairs;…