Charles Dickens

Horatio looked handsomely miserable, like Hamlet slipping on a
piece of orange-peel.

Horatio looked handsomely miserable, like Hamlet slipping on a
piece of orange-peel.

Man blames fate for other accidents, but feels personally responsible when he makes a hole in one

Man blames fate for other accidents, but feels personally responsible when he makes a hole in one

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.

"When a man says he's willin'," said Mr. Barkis, "it's as much as
to say, that man's a-waitin' for read more

"When a man says he's willin'," said Mr. Barkis, "it's as much as
to say, that man's a-waitin' for a answer."

It's a wery remarkable circumstance, sir," said Sam, "that
poverty and oysters always seem to go together."

It's a wery remarkable circumstance, sir," said Sam, "that
poverty and oysters always seem to go together."