Charles Dickens ( 10 of 80 )
This is a world of action, and not for moping and droning in.
This is a world of action, and not for moping and droning in.
He has gone to the demnition bow-wows.
He has gone to the demnition bow-wows.
Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all read more
Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some
If the parks be "the lungs of London" we wonder what Greenwich
Fair is--a periodical breaking out, we suppose--a read more
If the parks be "the lungs of London" we wonder what Greenwich
Fair is--a periodical breaking out, we suppose--a sort of spring
rash.
What is the odds so long as the fire of souls is kindled at the
taper of conwiviality, and read more
What is the odds so long as the fire of souls is kindled at the
taper of conwiviality, and the wing of friendship never moults a
feather?
When I got up to the Peacock--where I found everybody drinking
hot punch in self-preservation.
When I got up to the Peacock--where I found everybody drinking
hot punch in self-preservation.
Why then we should drop into poetry.
Why then we should drop into poetry.
"There are strings," said Mr. Tappertit, ". . . in the human heart
that had better not be wibrated."
"There are strings," said Mr. Tappertit, ". . . in the human heart
that had better not be wibrated."
Accidents will occur in the best regulated families.
Accidents will occur in the best regulated families.
Morality is of the highest importance--but for us, not for God.
Morality is of the highest importance--but for us, not for God.
