"Oh Sairey, Sairey, little do we know wot lays afore us!"
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Martin Chuzzlewit by
Charles Dickens
Oh, haggard mind, groping darkly through the past; incapable of detaching itself from the miserable present; dragging its heavy chain of care through imaginary feasts and revels, and scenes of awful pomp; seeking but a moment's rest among the long-forgotten haunts of childhood, and the resorts of yesterday; and dimly finding fear and horror everywhere!
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Martin Chuzzlewit by
Charles Dickens
Change begets change. Nothing propagates so fast.
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Martin Chuzzlewit by
Charles Dickens
It was one of those hot, silent nights, when people sit at windows listening for the thunder which they know will shortly break; when they recall dismal tales of hurricanes and earthquakes; and of lonely travellers on open plains, and lonely ships at sea, struck by lightning.
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Martin Chuzzlewit by
Charles Dickens
"My meaning is, that no man can expect his children to respect what he degrades."
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Martin Chuzzlewit by
Charles Dickens
"A man can well afford to be as bold as brass, my good fellow, when he gets gold in exchange!"
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Martin Chuzzlewit by
Charles Dickens
"Why should I disguise what you know so well, but what the crowd never dream of? We companies are all birds of prey; mere birds of prey. The only question is, whether in serving our own turn, we can serve yours too; whether in double-lining our own nest, we can put a single living into yours."
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Martin Chuzzlewit by
Charles Dickens
And though home is a name, a word, it is a strong one; stronger than magician ever spoke, or spirit answered to, in strongest conjuration.
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Martin Chuzzlewit by
Charles Dickens
Time and tide will wait for no man, saith the adage. But all men have to wait for time and tide.
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Martin Chuzzlewit by
Charles Dickens
"What lawsuits grow out of the graves of rich men, every day; sowing perjury, hatred, and lies among near kindred, where there should be nothing but love!"
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Martin Chuzzlewit by
Charles Dickens
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