Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens: A literary man...

Charles Dickens: A literary man...

A literary man - with a wooden leg.

Source: (Mr Boffin on Silas Wegg) Our Mutual...

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Charles Dickens: Jobling, there are...

Charles Dickens: Jobling, there are...

Jobling, there are chords in the human mind.

Source: (Guppy) Bleak House, Ch....

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Charles Dickens: Subscribe to our...

Charles Dickens: Subscribe to our...

Subscribe to our noble society for providing the infant negroes in the West Indies with flannel waistcoats and moral...

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Charles Dickens: She's the only...

Charles Dickens: She's the only...

She's the only sylph I ever saw, who could stand upon one leg, and play the tambourine on her other knee, like a...

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Charles Dickens: Wal'r, my boy,'...

Charles Dickens: Wal'r, my boy,'...

'Wal'r, my boy,' replied the Captain, `in the Proverbs of Solomon you will find the following words, 'May we never...

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Charles Dickens: I've a pretty...

Charles Dickens: I've a pretty...

I've a pretty large experience of boys, and you're a bad set of fellows. Now mind . . . you behave yourself...

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Charles Dickens: We didn't find...

Charles Dickens: We didn't find...

We didn't find that it [London] come up to its likeness in the red bills - it is there drawd too...

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Charles Dickens: Wery good power...

Charles Dickens: Wery good power...

Wery good power o' suction, Sammy . . . You'd ha' made an uncommon fine oyster, Sammy, if you'd been born in that...

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Charles Dickens: There's milestones on...

Charles Dickens: There's milestones on...

There's milestones on the Dover Road!

Source: (Mr F.'s Aunt) Little Dorrit, Bk i....

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Charles Dickens: Our backs is...

Charles Dickens: Our backs is...

Our backs is easy ris. We must be cracked-up, or they rises, and we snarls. We shows our teeth, I tell you, fierce....

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Charles Dickens: C-l-e-a-n, clean, verb...

Charles Dickens: C-l-e-a-n, clean, verb...

C-l-e-a-n, clean, verb active, to make bright, to scour. W-i-n, win, d-e-r, der, winder, a casement. When the boy...

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Charles Dickens: He's tough, ma'am,...

Charles Dickens: He's tough, ma'am,...

He's tough, ma'am, tough, is J. B. Tough and devilish sly!

Source: (Major Bagstock)...

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Charles Dickens: If your governor...

Charles Dickens: If your governor...

If your governor don't prove a alleybi, he'll be what the Italians call reg'larly...

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Charles Dickens: My life is...

Charles Dickens: My life is...

My life is one demd horrid grind!

Source: (Mr Mantalini) Nicholas Nickleby, Ch. ...

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Charles Dickens: What is peace?...

Charles Dickens: What is peace?...

What is peace? Is it war? No. Is it strife? No. Is it lovely, and gentle, and beautiful, and pleasant, and serene,...

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Charles Dickens: When he has...

Charles Dickens: When he has...

When he has learnt that bottinney means a knowledge of plants, he goes and knows 'em. That's our system, Nickleby;...

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Charles Dickens: Any man may...

Charles Dickens: Any man may...

Any man may be in good spirits and good temper when he's well dressed. There an't much credit in...

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Charles Dickens: Oh Sammy, Sammy,...

Charles Dickens: Oh Sammy, Sammy,...

Oh Sammy, Sammy, vy worn't there a alleybi!

Source: (Mr Weller) Pickwick Papers,...

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Charles Dickens: Take a little...

Charles Dickens: Take a little...

Take a little time - count five-and-twenty, Tattycoram.

Source: (Mr Meagles) Little...

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Charles Dickens: The dodgerest of...

Charles Dickens: The dodgerest of...

The dodgerest of the dodgers.

Source: (Mr Fledgeby) Our Mutual Friend, Bk IV. Ch. ...

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