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Page 155
... Cavalletto , understood English now almost as well as Mr. Pancks himself , and could speak it very well too . Nevertheless , Mrs. Plornish , with a pardonable vanity in that accomplishment of hers which made her all but Italian ...
... Cavalletto , understood English now almost as well as Mr. Pancks himself , and could speak it very well too . Nevertheless , Mrs. Plornish , with a pardonable vanity in that accomplishment of hers which made her all but Italian ...
Page 159
... Cavalletto . His carving is his livelihood . He keeps the keys of the Factory , watches it every alternate night , and acts as a sort of housekeeper to it generally ; but , we have little work in the way of his ingenuity , though we ...
... Cavalletto . His carving is his livelihood . He keeps the keys of the Factory , watches it every alternate night , and acts as a sort of housekeeper to it generally ; but , we have little work in the way of his ingenuity , though we ...
Page 160
... Cavalletto's inclination to speculate with Mr. Merdle ? " " Per - fectly , sir , " said Pancks . " I've gone into it . I've made the calculations . I've worked it . They're safe and genuine . " Relieved by having got to this , Mr ...
... Cavalletto's inclination to speculate with Mr. Merdle ? " " Per - fectly , sir , " said Pancks . " I've gone into it . I've made the calculations . I've worked it . They're safe and genuine . " Relieved by having got to this , Mr ...
Page 263
... Cavalletto had deferentially suggested the words and tune ; supposing him to have stopped short for want of more . " Ah ! You know the song , Cavalletto ? " The " By Bacchus , yes , sir ! They all know it in France . I have heard it ...
... Cavalletto had deferentially suggested the words and tune ; supposing him to have stopped short for want of more . " Ah ! You know the song , Cavalletto ? " The " By Bacchus , yes , sir ! They all know it in France . I have heard it ...
Page 264
... Cavalletto dropped on one knee , and implored him , with a redundancy of gesticulation , to hear what had brought himself into such foul company . He told with perfect truth how it had come of a little contraband trading , and how he ...
... Cavalletto dropped on one knee , and implored him , with a redundancy of gesticulation , to hear what had brought himself into such foul company . He told with perfect truth how it had come of a little contraband trading , and how he ...
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Page 91 - His dismissal of himself from his description, was hardly less remarkable. He never said, I discovered this adaptation or invented that combination; but showed the whole thing as if the Divine artificer had made it, and he had happened to find it. So modest he was about it, such a pleasant touch of respect was mingled with his quiet admiration of it, and so calmly convinced he was that it was established on irrefragable laws.
Page 48 - Papa is a preferable mode of address," observed Mrs. General. "Father is rather vulgar, my dear. The word Papa, besides, gives a pretty form to the lips. Papa, potatoes, poultry, prunes, and prism, are all very good words for the lips : especially prunes and prism. You will find it serviceable, in the formation of a demeanour, if you sometimes say to yourself in company — on entering a room, for instance — Papa, potatoes, poultry, prunes and prism, prunes and prism.