Mr. Weller’s knowledge of London was extensive and peculiar.

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Chapter 20.

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Can I view thee panting, lying
On thy stomach, without sighing;
Can I unmoved see thee dying
On a log
Expiring frog! - View Quote Details on Can I view thee panting, lying
On thy stomach, without sighing;
Can…
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 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…
Keep yourself to yourself. - View Quote Details on Keep yourself to yourself.
They don’t mind it; it’s a regular holiday to them — all porter and skittles. - View Quote Details on They don’t mind it; it’s a regular holiday to them…
She knows wot’s wot, she does. - View Quote Details on She knows wot’s wot, she does.
Great men are seldom over-scrupulous in the arrangement of their attire. - View Quote Details on Great men are seldom over-scrupulous in the arrangement of their…
I wants to make your flesh creep. - View Quote Details on I wants to make your flesh creep.
Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childish days; that can recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth; that can transport the sailor and the traveller, thousands of miles away, back to his own fireside and his quiet home! - View Quote Details on Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the…