Little Dorrit ...Harper & brothers, 1873 - 354 sivua |
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Sivu 14
... returned John Baptist . The word was an apology now , and stood for , " Oh , by no means ! " " What then ? " " Presidents and tribunals are so prejudiced . " " Well ! ” cried the other , uneasily flinging the end of his cloak over his ...
... returned John Baptist . The word was an apology now , and stood for , " Oh , by no means ! " " What then ? " " Presidents and tribunals are so prejudiced . " " Well ! ” cried the other , uneasily flinging the end of his cloak over his ...
Sivu 17
... returned Mr. Meagles , think- ing about it . " Eh ? One can but be practical , and Mrs. Meagles and myself are nothing else . " " My unknown course is easier and more hopeful than I had expected to find it then , " said Clennam ...
... returned Mr. Meagles , think- ing about it . " Eh ? One can but be practical , and Mrs. Meagles and myself are nothing else . " " My unknown course is easier and more hopeful than I had expected to find it then , " said Clennam ...
Sivu 18
... returned with much satisfaction , “ You are right . My opinion . ” The breakfast beginning by - and - by to languish , Mr. Meagles made the company a speech . It was short enough and sensible enough ; considering that it was a speech at ...
... returned with much satisfaction , “ You are right . My opinion . ” The breakfast beginning by - and - by to languish , Mr. Meagles made the company a speech . It was short enough and sensible enough ; considering that it was a speech at ...
Sivu 24
... returned a crack- ed voice out of the dimness behind . “ Is that Affery ? " said Arthur , looking toward it . The cracked voice replied that it was Affery ; and an old woman came forward into what doubtful light there was , and kissed ...
... returned a crack- ed voice out of the dimness behind . “ Is that Affery ? " said Arthur , looking toward it . The cracked voice replied that it was Affery ; and an old woman came forward into what doubtful light there was , and kissed ...
Sivu 25
... returned with a tray , on which was a dish of little rusks and a small precise pat of butter , cool , symmetrical , white , and plump . The old man who had been standing by the door in one attitude during the whole interview , looking ...
... returned with a tray , on which was a dish of little rusks and a small precise pat of butter , cool , symmetrical , white , and plump . The old man who had been standing by the door in one attitude during the whole interview , looking ...
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Arthur Clennam Barnacle better Blandois Bleeding Heart Yard brother Casby Cavalletto chair child Chivery Circumlocution Office Clen Cloth Collegians cried daugh daughter dear door Doyce eyes F.'s Aunt face father feel Flintwinch Flora gentleman girl gone Gowan hand Harley Street head hear heard honor hope Jeremiah JOHN S. C. ABBOTT knew lady light Little Dorrit looked Lord Decimus ma'am madam Maggy manner Marseilles Marshalsea Marshalsea Prison Martigny Meagles mean Merdle Merdle's mind Miss Dorrit Miss Fanny Miss Wade Monsieur mother never night Pancks papa passed Patriarch Plornish poor prison replied returned Rigaud round Rugg seemed sister smile Sparkler speak stairs stood street suppose Tattycoram tell Thank thing thought Tickit tion took turned turnkey voice walk window wish woman wonder word Young John
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Sivu 72 - Flora, always tall, had grown to be very broad too, and short of breath ; but that was not much. Flora, whom he had left a lily, had become a peony ; but that was not much. Flora, who had seemed enchanting in all she said and thought, was diffuse and silly. That was much. Flora, who had been spoiled and artless long ago, was determined to be spoiled and artless now. That was a fatal blow. This is Flora !
Sivu 21 - Everything was bolted and barred that could by possibility furnish relief to an overworked people. No pictures, no unfamiliar animals, no rare plants or flowers, no natural or artificial wonders of the ancient world — all taboo with that enlightened strictness, that the ugly South Sea gods in the British Museum might have supposed themselves at home again. Nothing to see but streets, streets, streets.
Sivu 9 - ... fervid sky, and been stared at in return, until a staring habit had become universal there. Strangers were stared out of countenance by staring white houses, staring white walls, staring white streets, staring tracts of arid road, staring hills from which verdure was burnt away. The only things to be seen not fixedly staring and glaring were the vines drooping under their load of grapes.
Sivu 36 - I'll tell you this : I don't know that I have ever pursued it under such quiet circumstances as here this day. Elsewhere, people are restless, worried, hurried about, anxious respecting one thing, anxious respecting another. Nothing of the kind here, Sir. We have done all that — we know the worst of it ; we have got to the bottom, we can't fall, and what have we found? Peace. That's the word for it. Peace.