... excessive disgust. ‘Here! Cut me off
a piece of that pie, one of you boys, to take the taste of that out of my mouth,
or it’ll choke me dead.’
’Don’t be out of temper, my dear,’ urged Fagin, ... great-coat, by
way of dressing-gown, and displaying a set of features in no degree
improved by the cadaverous hue of illness, and the addition of a soiled
nightcap, and a stiff...
... just enough of what his mind is doing, to form some glimmering conception of its mighty powers, its bounding from earth and spurning time and space, when freed from the restraint of its corporeal ... reflections of the like nature, the Jew once more deposited the watch in its place of safety. At least half a dozen more were severally drawn forth from the same box, and surveyed with...
... that beauty is of little consequence, or something of that sort." "You ought to have replied no such thing. Beauty of little consequence, indeed! And so, under pretence of softening the ... breadth of light; the large fire was all red and clear; the purple curtains hung rich and ample before the lofty window and loftier arch; everything was still, save the subdued chat of...
... meet him." I set out; I walked fast, but not far: ere I had measured a quarter of a mile, I heard the tramp of hoofs; a horseman came on, full gallop; a dog ran by his side. Away with evil ... dream of separation and sorrow to-night; but of happy love and blissful union." This prediction was but half fulfilled: I did not indeed dream of sorrow, but as little did I dream o...
... Charles Dickens CHAPTER X OLIVER BECOMES BETTER ACQUAINTED WITH THE CHARACTERS OF HIS NEW ASSOCIATES; AND PURCHASES EXPERIENCE AT A HIGH PRICE. BEING A SHORT, BUT VERY IMPORTANT CHAPTER, IN THIS ... change of behaviour on the part of the Dodger. They were just emerging from a narrow court not far from the open square in Clerkenwell, which is yet called, by some strange perversion of...
... Oliver Twist Charles Dickens CHAPTER XI TREATS OF MR. FANG THE POLICE MAGISTRATE; AND FURNISHES A SLIGHT SPECIMEN OF HIS MODE OF ADMINISTERING JUSTICE The offence had been committed within ... freshness and beauty, calling back the lustre of the eyes, the brightness of the smile, the beaming of the soul through its mask of clay, and whispering of beauty beyond the tomb, chan...
... marks of pity and compassion had awakened some pleasant dream of a love and affection he had never known. Thus, a strain of gentle music, or the rippling of water in a silent place, or the odour of ... one of him; and offering his disengaged hand to Mrs. Maylie, led them, with much ceremony and stateliness, upstairs. ’Now,’ said the doctor, in a whisper, as he softly turned the ha...
... above the numerous little foibles and weaknesses of her
sex.
If I wanted any further proof of the strictly philosophical nature of the
conduct of these young gentlemen in their very delicate ... drunken
men under the pressure of a too mighty flow of ideas, are prone to indulge);
still, I do mean to say, and do say distinctly, that it is the invariable practice
of many might...
... into the neighborhood of
Field Lane from the remote but genteel suburb of Ratcliffe, she was not
under the same apprehension of being recognised by any of her numerous
acquaintance.
Accordingly, ... swallowing two of three glasses of spirits, Mr. Sikes condescended to
take some notice of the young gentlemen; which gracious act led to a
conversation, in which the cause and...
...
plunging of the oxen, the bleating of sheep, the grunting and squeaking of
pigs, the cries of hawkers, the shouts, oaths, and quarrelling on all sides; the
ringing of bells and roar of voices, ... lash upon the heavy waggoner who, by keeping on
the wrong side of the road, had endangered his arriving at the office, a
quarter of a minute after his time. The public-houses, w...