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Charles Dickens
Anythin' for a...
Anythin' for a quiet life, as the man said wen he took the sitivation at the lighthouse.
Ven you're a...
Ven you're a married man, Samivel, you'll understand a good many things you don't understand now; but vether it's...
Language was not...
Language was not powerful enough to describe the infant phenomenon.
Source:...
A friendly swarry,...
A friendly swarry, consisting of a boiled leg of mutton with the usual trimmings.
Wery glad to...
Wery glad to see you indeed, and hope our acquaintance may be a long 'un, as the gen'l'm'n said to the fi' pun'...
There's a young...
There's a young man hid with me, in comparison with which young man I am a Angel. That young man hears the words I...
A lady of...
A lady of what is commonly called an uncertain temper -- a phrase which being interpreted signifies a temper tolerably...
It is a...
It is a pleasant thing to reflect upon, and furnishes a complete answer to those who contend for the gradual...
It's my opinion,...
It's my opinion, sir, that this meeting is drunk.
Source: Pickwick Papers, Ch....
I wants to...
I wants to make your flesh creep.
Source: Pickwick Papers, Ch. 8
-- Charles...
A smattering of...
A smattering of everything, and a knowledge of nothing.
Source: Sketches by Boz,...
The question about...
The question about everything was, would it bring a blush to the cheek of a young person?
Every baby born...
Every baby born into the world is a finer one than the last.
Source: Nicholas...
Put it down...
Put it down a we, my lord, put it down a we!
Source: Pickwick Papers, Ch. 34
--...
No man ever...
No man ever walked down to posterity with so small a book under his arm.
Source:...
Did you ever...
Did you ever taste beer?''I had a sip of it once,' said the small servant. 'Here's a state of things!' cried Mr...
He'd be sharper...
He'd be sharper than a serpent's tooth, if he wasn't as dull as ditch water.
Poetry's unnat'ral; no...
Poetry's unnat'ral; no man ever talked poetry 'cept a beadle on boxin' day.
Source:...
Miss Bolo rose...
Miss Bolo rose from the table considerably agitated, and went straight home, in a flood of tears and a Sedan...
Life is given...
Life is given to us on the definite understanding that we boldly defend it to the last.