From Martin Chuzzlewit, by Charles Dickens
THE WISDOM OF MRS. GAMP
"Rich folks may ride on camels, but it an't so easy for 'em to see out of
a needle's eye. That is my comfort, and I hope I knows it."
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Monday, March 13, 2017
Sunday, March 12, 2017
Daily Dose
From Martin Chuzzlewit, by Charles Dickens
MUTES
"'I have orders, sir, to put on my whole establishment of mutes; and mutes come very dear, Mr. Pecksniff; not to mention their drink.'"
From Chapter XIX
Thursday, March 9, 2017
Sunday, March 5, 2017
Daily Dose
From Martin Chuzzlewit, by Charles Dickens
HEAVEN FORBID
"Heaven forbid that they should be samples of the intelligence and virtue of America, but they come uppermost, and in great numbers, and too often represent it."
From Chapter XVI
Friday, May 1, 2015
Daily Dose
From Martin Chuzzlewit, by Charles Dickens
CHANGE
"Change begets change. Nothing propagates so fast."
From Chapter XVIII
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Daily Dose
From Martin Chuzzlewit, by Charles DickensMELANCHOLY
"In such a lonely, melancholy state, that he was more like a pump than a man, and might have drawed tears."
From Chapter 32
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