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Charles Dickens Quotes

«Bring in the bottled lightning, a clean tumbler, and a corkscrew.»
«C-l-e-a-n, clean, verb active, to make bright, to scour. W-i-n, win, d-e-r, der, winder, a casement. When the boy knows this out of the book, he goes and does it.»
«Something will come of this. I hope it mayn't be human gore.»
«He's tough, ma'am, tough, is J. B. Tough and devilish sly!»
Author: Charles Dickens | Keywords: devilish, on the sly, sly
«The first rule of business is: Do other men for they would do you.»
«He'd make a lovely corpse.»
Author: Charles Dickens | Keywords: corpse
«Ain't I volatile?»
Author: Charles Dickens | Keywords: volatile
«I positively adore Miss Dombey; - I-I am perfectly sore with loving her.»
Author: Charles Dickens | Keywords: positively
«`That's rather a sudden pull up, ain't it, Sammy?' inquired Mr Weller. `Not a bit on it,' said Sam; `she'll vish there wos more, and that's the great art o' letter writin'.'»
Author: Charles Dickens | Keywords: inquired, pull up, Sammy
«Such is hope, heaven's own gift to struggling mortals, pervading, like some subtle essence from the skies, all things both good and bad.»
Author: Charles Dickens | Keywords: pervading