... safety. At least half a dozen more
were severally drawn forth from the same box, and surveyed with equal
pleasure; besides rings, brooches, bracelet, and other articles of jewellery, of
such magnificent
... limpid, salubrious: no gush of bilge water had turned it to
fetid puddle. I was your equal at eighteen quite your equal. Nature meant
me to be, on the whole, a good man, Miss Eyre; one of the better ... won't do to neglect her; she is a Fairfax, or wed to one; and blood
is said to be thicker than water."
He rang, and despatched an invitation to Mrs. Fairfax, who soon arrived,
k...
... your plebeian bride in the attributes of a
peeress. I though how I would carry down to you the square of
unembroidered blond I had myself prepared as a covering for my low-born
head, and ask ... now?"
"No, no, sir; besides the delicacy and richness of the fabric, I found nothing
save Fairfax Rochester's pride; and that did not scare me, because I am used
to the sight of t...
... passengers as they turn the corners, rousing
up the dogs, and astonishing the fowls: and streets, squares, and courts, re-
echo with the sound.
’Stop thief! Stop thief!’ The cry is taken up by a ... rushed upon the boy’s mind.
Oliver Twist
Charles Dickens
CHAPTER X
OLIVER BECOMES BETTER ACQUAINTED WITH
THE CHARACTERS OF HIS NEW ASSOCIATES;
AND PURCHASES EXPERIENCE AT A HIGH
PRIC...
... of the scene.
Mr. Fang was a lean, long-backed, stiff-necked, middle-sized man, with no
great quantity of hair, and what he had, growing on the back and sides of his
head. His face was stern,
... his head;
‘crime, like death, is not confined to the old and withered alone. The
youngest and fairest are too often its chosen victims.’
’But, can you—oh! can you really believe that this delicate ... of parents in your
goodness and affection, but that I might have done so, and might have been
equally helpless and unprotected with this poor child, have pity upon him
before it is too lat...
... goodness?’
The old lady dropped a curtsey. The doctor, after tasting the cool stuff, and
expressing a qualified approval of it, hurried away: his boots creaking in a
very important and wealthy manner ... the fire with a saveloy and a small loaf in his hand; a pocket-knife in
his right; and a pewter pot on the trivet. There was a rascally smile on his
white face as he turned round, and...
... should think you was rather out of sorts too,
unless you mean as little harm when you throw pewter pots about, as you do
when you blab and—’
’She’s a honour to her sex,’ said Mr. Sikes, filling ... agility than could have
been anticipated in a man of his apparent decrepitude; and, seizing up the
pot, prepared to hurl it at his assailant’s head. But Charley Bates, at this
moment, calling...
... out of the pot. ‘Are
you going to Halliford?’
’Going on to Shepperton,’ replied Sikes.
’I’m your man, as far as I go,’ replied the other. ‘Is all paid, Becky?’
unwashed, unshaven, squalid, and ... were noiseless and empty.
By the time they had turned into the Bethnal Green Road, the day had fairly
begun to break. Many of the lamps were already extinguished; a few country
waggons were...
... staring, shawl-pattern waistcoat; and drab
breeches. Mr. Crackit (for he it was) had no very great quantity of hair,
either upon his head or face; but what he had, was of a reddish dye, and
tortured ... struck two.
Quickening their pace, they turned up a road upon the left hand. After
walking about a quarter of a mile, they stopped before a detached house
surrounded by a wall: to the to...