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...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Dombey & Son Volume 1 by Charles Dickens, the Pennsylvania Stat... ... crushed and spotty in his general effect, as yet. On the brow of Dombey , Time and his brother Care had set some marks, as on a tree that was to come... ...rother Care had set some marks, as on a tree that was to come down in good time—remorseless twins they are for striding through their human forests, n... ...n with whom his plans were all associated—and the rooms to be ungarnished, saving such as he retained for himself on the ground floor. Accord- ingly ,... ...lorence, whom it fright- ened more than ever. It had its part, perhaps, in saving her curls; for Mrs Brown, after hovering about her with the scis- so... ...okedest; but then, Miss T ox said, what a situation! There was very little daylight to be got there in the winter: no sun at the best of times: air wa... ...he row of leathern fire-buckets hanging up behind him. Such vapid and flat daylight as filtered through the ground-glass windows and skylights, leavin... ...tain, ‘that you’d read in the paper that a Cap’en of that name was gone to Australia, emigrating, along with a whole ship’s comple- ment of people as ...

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... Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document fil... ...ssoci- ated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the material con- tained within the document or for the file as an e... ...ng this page by the fireside at Home, and hearing the night wind rumble in the chimney, that slight obstruction was the uppermost fragment of the Wrec... ...esterday—some five-and-twenty thousand pounds. Of three hundred and fifty thousand pounds’ worth of gold, three hundred thousand pounds’ worth, in rou... ...church, hundreds of years hence, when the digging for gold in Australia shall have long and long ceased out of the land. Forty-four shipwrecked men an... ...g a world of fits. For everybody else in the room had fits, ex- cept the wards-woman; an elderly, able-bodied pauperess, with a large upper lip, and a... ...s a terminus in London. It is the railway for a large military depot, and for other large barracks. T o the best of my serious belief, I have never be... ...es and every devoted creature associated with them a most extraordinary amount of unnecessary trouble. Now, too, the conscious gas began to grow pale ... ... 144 something in writing his record? Round hundreds of such objects, hidden in the dense tropical foliage, the tropical sea breaks evermore; and over...

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...Excerpt: I mentioned to Mr. Spenlow in the morning, that I wanted leave of absence for a short time; and as I was not in the receipt of any salary, and consequently was not obnoxious to the implacable Jorkins, there was no difficulty about it. I took that oppor...

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...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. David Copperfield, Volume Two, Containing chapters twenty-nine ... ... TO Mr. Spenlow in the morning, that I wanted leave of absence for a short time; and as I was not in the receipt of any salary, and consequently was n... ...eated with so much con- sideration, that I was almost my own master at all times. As I did not care, however, to get to Highgate before one or two o c... ...heir last journey to Blunderstone. She had long ago bought, out of her own savings, a little piece of ground in our old churchyard near David Copperf... ...ested an im- mediate settlement of the same, with the be- nevolent view of saving trouble and an ill- conwenience to all parties. After this, Mrs. C... ...d Mr. Peggotty, with a hopeful smile. No one can t reproach my darling in Australia. We will begin a new life over theer! I asked him if he yet prop... ...k of this now, both of you. Here are some people David knows, going out to Australia shortly. If you decide to go, why shouldn t you go in the same sh... ...hted up, here and there, by dangling lanterns; and elsewhere by the yellow daylight straying down a windsail or a hatchway were crowded groups of peop...

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...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Dombey & Son by Charles Dickens, the Pennsylvania State Univers... ... crushed and spotty in his general effect, as yet. On the brow of Dombey , Time and his brother Care had set some marks, as on a tree that was to come... ...rother Care had set some marks, as on a tree that was to come down in good time—remorseless twins they are for striding through their human forests, n... ...n with whom his plans were all associated—and the rooms to be ungarnished, saving such as he retained for himself on the ground floor. Accord- ingly ,... ...lorence, whom it fright- ened more than ever. It had its part, perhaps, in saving her curls; for Mrs Brown, after hovering about her with the scis- so... ...okedest; but then, Miss T ox said, what a situation! There was very little daylight to be got there in the winter: no sun at the best of times: air wa... ...he row of leathern fire-buckets hanging up behind him. Such vapid and flat daylight as filtered through the ground-glass windows and skylights, leavin... ...tain, ‘that you’d read in the paper that a Cap’en of that name was gone to Australia, emigrating, along with a whole ship’s comple- ment of people as ...

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...e of any kind. Any per- son using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, the Pennsylvania State U... ...o have been gained on a memorable raw afternoon towards evening. At such a time I found out for certain, that this bleak place overgrown with nettles ... ...hat fat cheeks you ha’ got.” I believe they were fat, though I was at that time undersized for my years, and not strong. “Darn me if I couldn’ t eat e... ...s you’re welcome to it – so far as it was ever mine,” returned Joe, with a saving remembrance of Mrs. Joe. “We don’t know what you have done, but we w... ...lasted long after the subject had died out, and had ceased to be mentioned saving on exceptional occasions. Chapter 7 A T THE TIME when I stood in the... ...yself in a pretty large room, well lighted with wax candles. No glimpse of daylight was to be seen in it. It was a dressing-room, as I supposed from t... ...thinking about it, that it must necessarily be night-time. The rush of the daylight quite confounded me, and made me feel as if I had been in the cand... ... of life, I said I supposed he was very skilful? “Deep,” said Wemmick, “as Australia.” Pointing with his pen at the office floor, to express that Aust...