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An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself.

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It is no worse, because I write of it. It would be no better, if I stopped my most unwilling hand. Nothing can undo it; nothing can make it otherwise ...more

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The two things clearest in my mind were, that a remoteness had come upon the old Blunderstone life—which seemed to lie in the haze of an immeasurable ...more

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There are a good many books, are there not, my boy?” said Mr. Brownlow, observing the curiosity with which Oliver surveyed the shelves that reached fr...more

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...and he glanced at the backs of the books, with an awakened curiosity that went below the binding. No one who can read, ever looks at a book, even u...more

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It is the fate of most men who mingle with the world, and attain even the prime of life, to make many real friends, and lose them in the course of nat...more