The Works of Charles Dickens, Volume 21Chapman and Hall, Limited, 1898 |
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Page ix
... Jerry's remarks on the bar- barity of quartering a criminal , because it spoils a " subject , " are exactly in the manner of Dennis , the hangman , in Barnaby Rudge . Mr. Forster , usually a most lenient critic , thinks Dickens's ...
... Jerry's remarks on the bar- barity of quartering a criminal , because it spoils a " subject , " are exactly in the manner of Dennis , the hangman , in Barnaby Rudge . Mr. Forster , usually a most lenient critic , thinks Dickens's ...
Page xi
... Jerry may be censured as verbal , or mechanical . " Hallucination will never account for it , " cries Mr. Forster , apparently regarding " hallucination " " hallucination " as synonymous with mental aberration . This is what comes of ...
... Jerry may be censured as verbal , or mechanical . " Hallucination will never account for it , " cries Mr. Forster , apparently regarding " hallucination " " hallucination " as synonymous with mental aberration . This is what comes of ...
Page xii
... Jerry learns that Cly is not dead , accounts for the introduction of a character common enough , at the time and much later , the Resurrectionist . That a man in his position should practise this by - work , is , it must be admitted ...
... Jerry learns that Cly is not dead , accounts for the introduction of a character common enough , at the time and much later , the Resurrectionist . That a man in his position should practise this by - work , is , it must be admitted ...
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... Jerry's voice , if it is Jerry , " growled the guard to himself . " He's hoarser than suits me , is Jerry . " ) " Yes , Mr. Lorry . " " What is the matter ? " " A despatch sent after you from over yonder . T. and Co. " " I know this ...
... Jerry's voice , if it is Jerry , " growled the guard to himself . " He's hoarser than suits me , is Jerry . " ) " Yes , Mr. Lorry . " " What is the matter ? " " A despatch sent after you from over yonder . T. and Co. " " I know this ...
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... Jerry , say that my answer was , RECALLED TO LIFE . " Jerry started in his saddle . " That's a Blazing strange answer , too , " said he , at his hoarsest . " Take that message back , and they will know that I re- ceived this , as well ...
... Jerry , say that my answer was , RECALLED TO LIFE . " Jerry started in his saddle . " That's a Blazing strange answer , too , " said he , at his hoarsest . " Take that message back , and they will know that I re- ceived this , as well ...
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Page 12 - WONDERFUL fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other. A solemn consideration, when I enter a great city by night, that every one of those darkly clustered houses encloses its own secret; that every room in every one of them encloses its own secret; that every beating heart in the hundreds of thousands of breasts there is, in some of its imaginings, a secret to the heart nearest it!