...exemplary man : fuller of virtuous precept than a copy-book. Some people likened him to a direction -post, which is always telling the way to a place, and never goes thece : but these were his enemies ; the shadows cast by his brightness ; that was all. His very throat...

...his contemporaries have preserved. Pecksniff was a most exemplary man : fuller of virtuous precepts than a copy-book. Some people likened him to a direction-post,...always telling the way to a place and never goes there : these were his enemies; the shadows cast by his brightness; that was all. His very throat was moral....

...his inside. In this particular he was like the girl in the fairy tale, except that if they were not actual diamonds which fell from his lips, they were...which is always telling the way to a place, and never geos there : but these were his enemies ; the shadows cast by his brightness ; that was all. His very...

...hypocrite is an abomination to Dickens. Speaking of Mr. Pecksniff in Martin Chuzzlewit, Dickens says: "Some people likened him to a direction-post, which...telling the way to a place, and never goes there." His humor can be fully appreciated only by reading long passages, such as the scene of Mr. Pickwick's...

...hypocrite is an abomination to Dickens. Speaking of Mr. Pecksniff in Martin Chuzzlewit, Dickens says : "Some people likened him to a direction-post, which...telling the way to a place, and never goes there." His humor can be fully appreciated only by reading long passages, such as the scene of Mr. Pickwick's...

...but it was generally understood that his knowledge of the science was almost awful in its profundity. He was a most exemplary man ; fuller of virtuous precept than a copy-book; some people likened him to a direction post, which is always telling the way to a place but never goes there." — Martin Chuzzlewit....

...prospect from the windows of his house." In conversation and correspondence he exudes morality. He is fuller of virtuous precept than a copybook. " Some people likened him to a direction post which is always telling the way to a place and never goes there; but these were his...

...in " Martin Chuzzlewit " : " He was like the girl in the fairy story, except that if they were not actual diamonds which fell from his lips, they were...his enemies ; the shadows cast by his brightness." It is quite obvious to your Lordships who have looked at the Order Paper that it would have been easy...

...Pecksniff from Martin Chuzzlewit: 'Mr. Pecksniff was a most exemplary man, fuller of virtuous precepts than a copy-book. Some people likened him to a direction-post,...telling the way to a place, and never goes there.' 18 When Mr. Pecksniff warmed his hands before the fire, he warmed them 'as benevolently as if they...

...never was a more moral man than Mr Pecksniff: especially in his conversation and correspondence . . . He was a most exemplary man: fuller of virtuous precept...direction-post, which is always telling the way to a place, and Pecksniff, Mr Pecksniff, Mr Figure 22 Merry Pecksniff, old Martin Chuzzlewit, Charity Pecksniff, and...