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Charles Dickens
Orses and dorgs...
'Orses and dorgs is some men's fancy. They're wittles and drink to me.
Source:...
Tongue; well, that's...
Tongue; well, that's a wery good thing when it ain't a woman's.
Source: (Mr Weller)...
In came a...
In came a fiddler - and tuned like fifty stomach-aches.
In came Mrs Fezziwig, one vast substantial...
It's over, and...
It's over, and can't be helped, and that's one consolation, as they always say in Turkey, ven they cuts the wrong...
The wictim o'...
The wictim o' connubiality, as Blue Beard's domestic chaplain said, with a tear of pity, ven he buried...
I live on...
I live on broken wittles - and I sleep on the coals.
Source: (The Waiter) David...
Some people ....
Some people . . . may be Rooshans, and others may be Prooshans; they are born so, and will please themselves. Them...
Old girl,' said...
'Old girl,' said Mr Bagnet, `give him my opinion. You know it.'
Source: Bleak...
Dumb as a...
Dumb as a drum vith a hole in it, sir.
Source: (Sam Weller) Pickwick Papers, Ch....
But the words...
But the words she spoke of Mrs Harris, lambs could not forgive . . . nor worms forget.
It is sometimes...
It is sometimes called the City of Magnificent Distances, but it might with greater propriety be termed the City of...
Oh Sairey, Sairey,...
Oh Sairey, Sairey, little do we know wot lays afore us!
Source: (Mrs Gamp) Martin...
Old girl,' said...
Old girl,' said Mr. Bagnet, 'give him my opinion. You know it.'
Source: Bleak...
Meaty jelly, too,...
Meaty jelly, too, especially when a little salt, which is the case when there's ham, is mellering to the...
Can I unmoved...
Can I unmoved see thee dying
On a log,
Expiring frog!
Source: (Mrs Leo...
To be shelterless...
To be shelterless and alone in the open country, hearing the wind moan and watching for day through the whole long...
Which fiddle-strings is...
Which fiddle-strings is weakness to expredge my nerves this night!
Source: (Mrs...
I revere the...
I revere the memory of Mr. F. as an estimable man and most indulgent husband, only necessary to mention Asparagus and...
Far better hang...
Far better hang wrong fler than no fler.
Source: (The debilitated cousin) Bleak...
Rather a tough...
Rather a tough customer in argeyment, Joe, if anybody was to try and tackle him.