The works of Charles Dickens. Household ed. [22 vols. Orig. issued in monthly parts].1871 |
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... Chigwell ; a village hard by ) , had little round black shiny eyes like beads ; moreover , this little man wore at the knees of his rusty black breeches , and on his rusty black coat , and all down his long flapped waistcoat , little ...
... Chigwell ; a village hard by ) , had little round black shiny eyes like beads ; moreover , this little man wore at the knees of his rusty black breeches , and on his rusty black coat , and all down his long flapped waistcoat , little ...
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... Chigwell Row , and had long been poorly , deceased , and an order came to me at half after twelve o'clock at night to go and toll the passing - bell . " There was a movement in the little group of listeners , sufficiently indicative of ...
... Chigwell Row , and had long been poorly , deceased , and an order came to me at half after twelve o'clock at night to go and toll the passing - bell . " There was a movement in the little group of listeners , sufficiently indicative of ...
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... Chigwell ; forbidding all ' Prentice Knights to succour , comfort , or hold communion with him ; and requiring them , on pain of excommunication , to molest , hurt , wrong , annoy , and pick quarrels with the said Joseph , whensoever ...
... Chigwell ; forbidding all ' Prentice Knights to succour , comfort , or hold communion with him ; and requiring them , on pain of excommunication , to molest , hurt , wrong , annoy , and pick quarrels with the said Joseph , whensoever ...
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... Chigwell company , Joe ? " " Much as usual , sir - they and I agree as well as ever . " " Well , well ! " said the locksmith . 66 ' We must be patient , Joe , and bear with old folks ' foibles . How's the mare , Joe ? Does she do the ...
... Chigwell company , Joe ? " " Much as usual , sir - they and I agree as well as ever . " " Well , well ! " said the locksmith . 66 ' We must be patient , Joe , and bear with old folks ' foibles . How's the mare , Joe ? Does she do the ...
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... Chigwell Road . " " I was . " " And nearly a murderer then . ” " The will was not wanting . There was one came upon me and raised the hue - and - cry , that it would have gone hard with , but for his nim- bleness . I made a thrust at ...
... Chigwell Road . " " I was . " " And nearly a murderer then . ” " The will was not wanting . There was one came upon me and raised the hue - and - cry , that it would have gone hard with , but for his nim- bleness . I made a thrust at ...
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Page iii - Maypole — by which term from henceforth is meant the house, and not its sign — the Maypole was an old building, with more gable-ends than a lazy man would care to count on a sunny day; huge zigzag chimneys, out of which it seemed as though even smoke could not choose but come in more than naturally fantastic shapes, imparted to it in its tortuous progress ; and vast stables, gloomy, ruinous, and empty.
Page 257 - The gutters of the street, and every crack and fissure in the stones, ran with scorching spirit, which being dammed up by busy hands, overflowed the road and pavement, and formed a great pool, into which the people dropped down dead by dozens.
Page 257 - ... and drank until they died. While some stooped with their lips to the brink and never raised their heads again, others sprang up from their fiery draught, and danced, half in a mad triumph, and half in the agony of suffocation until they fell, and steeped their corpses in the liquor that had killed them.