Mrs Chick interposed with some motherly words about going to sleep like a dear, but Florence repeated her supplication, with a frightened look, and in a voice broken by sobs and tears. 'I...
In the course of these remarks, delivered with great majesty and grandeur, Mr Dombey had truly revealed the secret feelings of his breast. An indescribable distrust of anybody stepping in between hi
Paul's Progress and Christening Little Paul, suffering no contamination from the blood of the Toodles, grew stouter and stronger every day. Every day, too, he was more and more ardently cheri...
His face, remarkable for a brown solidity, brightened as he shook hands with Uncle and nephew; but he seemed to be of a laconic disposition, and merely said: 'How goes it?' 'All wel...
Walter was going to speak, but his Uncle held up his hand. 沃尔特想要讲话,但是他的舅舅举起了手。 'Therefore, Wally therefore it is that I am anxious you should be early in the busy world, and on t
英文原文Mr. Vinegar and His Fortune Mr. Vinegar gave him the bagpipes and drew the gloves on over his half frozen fingers. "How lucky I am," he said as he trudged(跋涉)homeward. His hands were so
英文原文Mr. Vinegar and His Fortune A long time ago, there lived a poor man whose real name has been forgotten. He was little and old and his face was wrinkled, and that was why his friends called hi
'He didn't take any notice of you, I suppose?'. 'Yes he did. He walked up to my seat, - I wish he wasn't so solemn and stiff, Uncle, - and said, "Oh! you are the son ...
It is half-past five o'clock, and an autumn afternoon, when the reader and Solomon Gills become acquainted. Solomon Gills is in the act of seeing what time it is by the unimpeachable chronome...
In which some more First Appearances are made on the Stage of these Adventures. Though the offices of Dombey and Son were within the liberties of the City of London, and within hearing of Bow Bells,
And she was right. The last time he had seen his slighted child, there had been that in the sad embrace between her and her dying mother, which was at once a revelation and a reproach to him. Let hi