great expectations by charles dickens character list

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Ngày tải lên: 06/11/2012, 17:33

... hair over his eyes, and said he’d know better, by and by; upon which the old gentleman, observing Oliver’s colour mounting, changed the subject by asking whether there had been much of a crowd ... belief that he had caught it up, in mere sport. ‘Of course I know that, my Oliver Twist Charles Dickens CHAPTER IX CONTAINING FURTHER PARTICULARS CONCERNING THE PLEASANT OLD GENTLEMAN, ... washed himself, and made everything tidy, by emptying the basin out of the window, agreeably to the Jew’s directions, when the Dodger returned: accompanied by a very sprightly young friend, whom...

Ngày tải lên: 17/10/2013, 22:15

... and the Jew, rushed upon the boy’s mind. Oliver Twist Charles Dickens CHAPTER X OLIVER BECOMES BETTER ACQUAINTED WITH THE CHARACTERS OF HIS NEW ASSOCIATES; AND PURCHASES EXPERIENCE ... employed, by what he had seen of the stern morality of the old gentleman’s character. Whenever the Dodger or Charley Bates came home at night, empty-handed, he would expatiate with great vehemence ... stood, they issued forth with great promptitude; and, shouting ‘Stop thief!’ too, joined in the pursuit like good citizens. Although Oliver had been brought up by philosophers, he was not theoretically...

Ngày tải lên: 20/10/2013, 16:15

... gentleman was reading. The robbery was committed by another boy. I saw it done; and I saw that this boy was perfectly amazed and stupified by it.’ Having by this time recovered a little breath, the ... there, refusing to give evidence, I’ll punish you for disrespect to the bench; I will, by ’ By what, or by whom, nobody knows, for the clerk and jailor coughed very loud, just at the right moment; ... another word. Swear him.’ Mr. Brownlow’s indignaton was greatly roused; but reflecting perhaps, that he might only injure the boy by giving vent to it, he suppressed his feelings and submitted...

Ngày tải lên: 20/10/2013, 16:15

... men lay violent hands upon him by doing which, they place his life in great danger—and swear he is the thief. Now, the question is, whether these men are justified by the fact; if not, in what ... are as great a boy as poor Brittles himself,’ returned Rose, blushing. ’Well,’ said the doctor, laughing heartily, ‘that is no very difficult matter. But to return to this boy. The great point ... considerably muddled by ale and excitement, stared at each other in a state of stupefaction. ’Pay attention to the reply, constable, will you?’ said the doctor, shaking his forefinger with great solemnity...

Ngày tải lên: 20/10/2013, 16:15

... immediately for their home by the shortest possible cut. Although I do not mean to assert that it is usually the practice of renowned and learned sages, to shorten the road to any great conclusion (their ... their theories, to evince great wisdom and foresight in providing against every possible contingency which can be supposed at all likely to affect themselves. Thus, to do a great right, you may ... concerned, to be settled and determined by his clear, comprehensive, and impartial view of his own particular case. It was not until the two boys had scoured, with great rapidity, through a most intricate...

Ngày tải lên: 24/10/2013, 14:15

... shortly afterwards. Entering by the back way, she tapped softly with the key at one of the cell- doors, and listened. There was no sound within: so she coughed and listened again. Still there ... countenance with a beard of three days’ growth, and two scowling eyes; one Oliver Twist Charles Dickens CHAPTER XIII SOME NEW ACQUAINTANCES ARE INTRODUCED TO THE INTELLIGENT READER, ... Sikes was right. By dint of alternate threats, promises, and bribes, the lady in question was ultimately prevailed upon to undertake the commission. She was not, indeed, withheld by the same considerations...

Ngày tải lên: 24/10/2013, 14:15

... ordered some dinner by the kitchen fire. The kitchen was an old, low-roofed room; with a great beam across the middle of the ceiling, and benches, with high backs to them, by the fire; on which ... a stage- coach, covered with mud, rattled briskly by: the driver bestowing, as he passed, and admonitory lash upon the heavy waggoner who, by keeping on the wrong side of the road, had endangered ... road appeared to run off. And here, the cart stopped. Sikes dismounted with great precipitation, holding Oliver by the hand all the while; and lifting him down directly, bestowed a furious...

Ngày tải lên: 24/10/2013, 14:15

... imperiously commanded him to be silent, and to get to work. Toby complied, by first producing his lantern, and placing it on the ground; then by planting himself firmly with his head against the wall ... before a detached house surrounded by a wall: to the top of which, Toby Crackit, scarcely pausing to take breath, climbed in a twinkling. ’The boy next,’ said Toby. ‘Hoist him up; I’ll catch hold ... churchyard, or retracing some one or other of the scenes of the past day: when he was roused by Toby Crackit jumping up and declaring it was half-past one. In an instant, the other two were...

Ngày tải lên: 24/10/2013, 14:15

... is. If he is not—’ Here the irascible old gentleman gave a great knock on the ground with his stick; which was always understood, by his friends, to imply the customary offer, whenever it was ... old gentleman. ‘The books are on a chair by my table. Fetch them down.’ Oliver, delighted to be of use, brought down the books under his arm in a great bustle; and waited, cap in hand, to ... sitting—to put entirely out of the question, a very thick coating of powder. Oliver Twist Charles Dickens CHAPTER XIV COMPRISING FURTHER PARTICULARS OF OLIVER’S STAY AT MR. BROWNLOW’S,...

Ngày tải lên: 28/10/2013, 21:15

... Oliver by the collar. ‘Come on, you young villain! Here, Bull’s- eye, mind him, boy! Mind him!’ Weak with recent illness; stupified by the blows and the suddenness of the attack; terrified by the ... dear, I didn’t know,’ replied Fagin, humbly; for the Jew was the new comer. Oliver Twist Charles Dickens CHAPTER XV SHOWING HOW VERY FOND OF OLIVER TWIST, THE MERRY OLD JEW AND MISS ... silence. Whether his meditations were so intense as to be disturbed by the dog’s winking, or whether his feelings were so wrought upon by his reflections that they required all the relief derivable...

Ngày tải lên: 28/10/2013, 21:15

... will doubtless be disposed to admire, and to consider an act of great heroism on Mr. Bumble’s part: he being in some sort tempted by time, place, and opportunity, to give utterance to certain ... nice animals, ma’am,’ replied Mr. Bumble, approvingly; ‘so very domestic.’ Oliver Twist Charles Dickens CHAPTER XXIII WHICH CONTAINS THE SUBSTANCE OF A PLEASANT CONVERSATION BETWEEN ... frozen into a hard thick crust, so that only the heaps that had drifted into byways and corners were affected by the sharp wind that howled abroad: which, as if expending increased fury on...

Ngày tải lên: 28/10/2013, 22:15

... matron by the arm, and forcing her into a chair by the bedside, was about to speak, when looking round, she caught sight of the two old women bending forward in the attitude of eager listeners. ... that the woman would not die so easily; having done so, she resumed her seat by the side of the other nurse, who had by this time returned. The mistress, with an expression of impatience, wrapped ... opium prescribed by the apothecary, she was labouring under the effects of a final taste of gin-and- water which had been privily administered, in the openness of their hearts, by the worthy old...

Ngày tải lên: 28/10/2013, 22:15

... call him, to make a friend of!’ Oliver Twist Charles Dickens CHAPTER XVI RELATES WHAT BECAME OF OLIVER TWIST, AFTER HE HAD BEEN CLAIMED BY NANCY The narrow streets and courts, at ... window were gently raised, was heard; ’I shall do you a mischief!’ interposed the Jew, goaded by these reproaches; ‘a mischief worse than that, if you say much more!’ The girl said nothing ... would probably have left signal marks of her revenge upon him, had not her wrists been seized by Sikes at the right moment; upon which, she made a few ineffectual struggles, and fainted. ’She’s...

Ngày tải lên: 07/11/2013, 18:15

... place, are not only sanctioned in books by long usage, but are by many considered as the great art of authorship: an author’s skill in his craft being, by such critics, chiefly estimated with ... tears. The girl, who was not quite so Oliver Twist Charles Dickens CHAPTER XVII OLIVER’S DESTINY CONTINUING UNPROPITIOUS, BRINGS A GREAT MAN TO LONDON TO INJURE HIS REPUTATION It ... the cost of the other; and just as our expectations are wrought up to the highest pitch, a whistle is heard, and we are straightway transported to the great hall of the castle; where a grey-headed...

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