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... Nicholas Nickleby, containing a Faithful Account of the Fortunes, Misfortunes, Uprisings, Downfallings and Complete Career of the Nickelby Family by Charles Dickens....

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...nes, Uprisings, Downfallings and Complete Career of the Nickelby Family by Charles Dickens Volume Two A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publicat... ...isings, Downfallings and Complete Career of the Nickelby Family by Charles Dickens Volume Two A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Vol... ...nes, Uprisings, Downfallings and Complete Career of the Nickelby Family by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. Thi... ...isings, Downfallings and Complete Career of the Nickelby Family by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portab... ...isings, Downfallings and Complete Career of the Nickelby Family by Charles Dickens, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Jim... ... a tart—Mr Nickleby’s man will show you where—and mind you buy a rich one. Pastry ,’ added Squeers, closing the door on Master W ackford, ‘makes his f... ...d come and dine with us some day this week; you’ll always find a knife and fork, and we shall be delighted. Now, my dear sir—cheque from Mr Linkinwate... ...ness.’ ‘What! The boy that run away!’ cried Snawley, resting his knife and fork upright on the table, and opening his eyes to their full width. ‘The v... ... Snawley, casting down his eyes with an air of humility, and elevating his fork, with a bit of lobster on the top of it, to- wards the ceiling. ‘Provi...

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...kens A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. Thi... ...enn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portab... ...s an electronic transmission, in any way. Little Dorrit Poverty by Charles Dickens, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Jim... ...an equal opportunity university. 3 Little Dorrit Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens CONTENTS Preface to the 1857 Edition BOOK THE FIRST: POVERTY 1. Sun... ... his supper at the table. A clean cloth was spread before him, with knife, fork, and spoon, salt-cellar, pepper-box, glass, and pewter ale-pot. Such z... ...shed his supper, he was nervously going about his plate with his knife and fork, as if some of it were still before him. ‘It 86 Charles Dickens appea... ...tle black chin; wiry black hair striking out from his head in prongs, like forks or hair-pins; and a complexion that was very dingy by nature, or very... ...w in number, made no show; for popular opinion was as nothing to them. The pastrycook knew who was on his books, and in that knowl- edge could be calm... ...es of departed joys no more but taking a further liberty of paying for the pastry which has formed the humble pretext of our interview will for ever s...