Great men are seldom over-scrupulous in the arrangement of their…

Great men are seldom over-scrupulous in the arrangement of their attire.

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Chapter 2.

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Dumb as a drum vith a hole in it, sir. - View Quote Details on Dumb as a drum vith a hole in it, sir.
I am ruminating,” said Mr. Pickwick, “on the strange mutability of human affairs.” “Ah! I see — in at the palace door one day, out at the window the next. Philosopher, Sir?” “An observer of human nature, Sir,” said Mr. Pickwick. “Ah, so am I. Most people are when they’ve little to do and less to get. - View Quote Details on I am ruminating,” said Mr. Pickwick, “on the strange mutability…
Ven you’re a married man, Samivel, you’ll understand a good many things as you don’t understand now; but vether it’s worth goin’ through so much, to learn so little, as the charity-boy said ven he got to the end of the alphabet, is a matter of taste. - View Quote Details on Ven you’re a married man, Samivel, you’ll understand a good…
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…
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,…
Take example by your father, my boy, and be very careful o’ widders all your life, specially if they’ve kept a public house, Sammy. - View Quote Details on Take example by your father, my boy, and be very…
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…
When a man bleeds inwardly, it is a dangerous thing for himself; but when he laughs inwardly, it bodes no good to other people. - View Quote Details on When a man bleeds inwardly, it is a dangerous thing…
Did it ever strike you on such a morning as this that drowning would be happiness and peace? - View Quote Details on Did it ever strike you on such a morning as…
I wants to make your flesh creep. - View Quote Details on I wants to make your flesh creep.