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... whisper- pieman too , -no gammon . " This coherent speech was interrupted by the en- trance of the Rochester coachman , to announce that " The Commodore " was on the point of starting . " Commodore ! " said the stranger , starting up ...
... whisper- pieman too , -no gammon . " This coherent speech was interrupted by the en- trance of the Rochester coachman , to announce that " The Commodore " was on the point of starting . " Commodore ! " said the stranger , starting up ...
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... whisper pass Mr. Snodgrass , from Mr. Sn and nods of assent were ex addressed the stranger . " You rendered us a very morning , sir , " said he ; " will slight mark of our gratitude your company at dinner ? " " Great pleasure - not pr ...
... whisper pass Mr. Snodgrass , from Mr. Sn and nods of assent were ex addressed the stranger . " You rendered us a very morning , sir , " said he ; " will slight mark of our gratitude your company at dinner ? " " Great pleasure - not pr ...
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... whisper passed from Mr. Pickwick to Mr. Snodgrass , from Mr. Snodgrass to Mr. Tupman , and nods of assent were exchanged . Mr. Pickwick addressed the stranger . " You rendered us a very important service this morning , sir , " said he ...
... whisper passed from Mr. Pickwick to Mr. Snodgrass , from Mr. Snodgrass to Mr. Tupman , and nods of assent were exchanged . Mr. Pickwick addressed the stranger . " You rendered us a very important service this morning , sir , " said he ...
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... whispered Mr. Tupman , " Names won't do - not known - very good names in their way , but not great ones - capital names for a small party , but won't make an impres- sion in public assemblies - incog . the thing — Gentle- men from ...
... whispered Mr. Tupman , " Names won't do - not known - very good names in their way , but not great ones - capital names for a small party , but won't make an impres- sion in public assemblies - incog . the thing — Gentle- men from ...
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... whispered the stranger in Mr. Tupman's ear , as the charitable committee ush- ered Sir Thomas Clubber and family to the top of the room . The Honorable Wilmot Snipe , and other distinguished gentlemen crowded to render homage to the ...
... whispered the stranger in Mr. Tupman's ear , as the charitable committee ush- ered Sir Thomas Clubber and family to the top of the room . The Honorable Wilmot Snipe , and other distinguished gentlemen crowded to render homage to the ...
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Page 333 - The Greek Testament: with a critically revised Text; a Digest of Various Readings; Marginal References to verbal and Idiomatic Usage; Prolegomena; and a Critical and Exegetical Commentary. For the Use of Theological Students and Ministers, By HENRY ALFORD, DD, Dean of Canterbury.
Page 177 - All this time, Mr Winkle, with his face and hands blue with the cold, had been forcing a gimlet into the soles of his feet, and putting his skates on, with the points behind, and getting the straps into a very complicated and entangled state, with the assistance of Mr Snodgrass, who knew rather less about skates than a Hindoo. At length, however, with the assistance of Mr Weller, the unfortunate skates were firmly screwed and buckled on, and Mr Winkle was raised to his feet. 'Now, then, sir,' said...
Page 39 - ... dead men's graves. Creeping where grim death has been, A rare old plant is the Ivy green. Whole ages have fled and their works decayed And nations have scattered been; But the stout old Ivy shall never fade, From its hale and hearty green. The brave old plant in its lonely days, Shall fatten upon the past: For the stateliest building man can raise, Is the Ivy's food at last. Creeping on, where time has been, A rare old plant is the Ivy green.
Page 195 - ... you may have heerd on Mary my dear) altho it does finish a portrait and put the frame and glass on complete with a hook at the end to hang it up by and all in two minutes and a quarter.
Page 162 - Cause I'ma married man, Samivel, 'cause I'ma married man. Wen you're a married man, Samivel, you'll understand a good many things as you don't understand now ; but vether it's worth while 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 o
Page 7 - I walked down to Westminster Hall, and turned into it for half an hour, because my eyes were so dimmed with joy and pride, that they could not bear the street, and were not fit to be seen there.