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'Umble we are 'umble we have been 'umble we shall ever be.

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That sort of half sigh, which, accompanied by two or three slight nods of the head, is pity's small change in general society.

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He has the power to render us happy or unhappy, to make our service light or burdensome, a pleasure or a toil. Say that his power lies in words and lo...more

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The present representative of the Dedlocks is an excellent master. He supposes all his dependents to be utterly bereft of individual characters, inten...more

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I laboured hard at my book, without allowing it to interfere with the punctual discharge of my newspaper duties; and it came out and was very successf...more

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She led me to believe we will going fast because her thoughts were going fast.

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It was not because I had a strong sense of the virtue of industry, but because Joe had a strong sense of the virtue of industry, that I worked with to...more

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The miserable man was a man of that confined stolidity of mind that he could not discuss my prospects without having me before him.

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He couldn't be a doctor, or he would have a quieter and more persuasive manner.

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Brag is a good dog, but Holdfast is a better.

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The change was made in me; the thing was done. Well or ill done, excusably or inexcusably, it was done.

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Weel, ma´am' said Stephen, making the best of it, with a smile; 'when I ha´finished off, I mun quit this part, and try another. Fortnet or misfortnet,...more

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Wish me everything that you can wish for the woman you dearly love, and I have as good as got it, John. I have better than got it, John.