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The carrier's horse was the laziest horse in the world, I should hope, and shuffled along, with his head down, as if he liked to keep people waiting t...more

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It was considered at the time a striking proof of virtue in the young king that he was sorry for his father's death;but, as common subjects have that ...more

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Minds like bodies will often fall into a pimpled ill-conditioned state from mere excess of comfort.

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Christmas time! That man must be a misanthrope indeed, in whose breast something like a jovial feeling is not roused - in whose mind some pleasant ass...more

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Electric communication will never be a substitute for the face of someone who with their soul encourages another person to be brave and true.

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There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor.

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and, unlike the celebrated herd in the poem, they were not forty children conducting themselves as one, but every child was conducting itself like for...more

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I wish you to know that you have been the last dream of my soul.

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On this matter I'm inclined to agree with the French, who gaze upon any personal dietary prohibition as bad manners.

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That, they never could lay their heads upon their pillows; that, they could never tolerate the idea of their wives laying their heads upon their pillo...more

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Second: them poor things well out o' this, and never no more will I interfere with Mrs. Cruncher's flopping, never no more!""Whatever housekeeping arr...more

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Mr Lorry asks the witness questions:Ever been kicked? Might have been.Frequently? No. Ever kicked down stairs? Decidedly not; once received a kick at ...more

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You are hard at work madam ," said the man near her.Yes," Answered Madam Defarge ; " I have a good deal to do."What do you make, Madam ?"Many things."...more

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There can be no disparity in marriage like unsuitability of mind and purpose.

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Those darling byegone times, Mr Carker,' said Cleopatra, 'with their delicious fortresses, and their dear old dungeons, and their delightful places of...more