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Oh, miss Haversham said I,there have been sore mistakes and my life has been a blind and thankless one, and I want forgiveness and direction far too m...more

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Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many not on your past misfortunes of which all men have some.

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I have always thought of Christmas time as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time; when men and women seem by one consent to open t...more

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My sorrow may bear involuntary witness against you at the judgement Throne; but my angry thoughts or my reproaches never will, I know!

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I have a pretty large experience of boys, and you're a bad set of fellows. Now mind!

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It is the most miserable thing to feel ashamed at home.

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It is a place that 'grows upon you' every day. There seems to be always something to find out in it. There are the most extraordinary alleys and by-wa...more