Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own; and from morning to night, as from the cradle to the grave, is but a succession of changes so gentle and easy, that we can scarcely mark their progress. ~ Nicholas Nickleby
That sort of half—sigh, which,
That sort of half—sigh, which, accompanied by two or three slight nods of the head, is pity’s small change in general society. ~ Nicholas Nickleby
“A man in public life
“A man in public life expects to be sneered at—it is the fault of his elewated sitiwation, and not of himself.” ~ Nicholas Nickleby
“I have knocked about harder
“I have knocked about harder than you, and have got along further than you. I have had, all my sea-going life long, to keep my wits polished bright with acid and friction, like the brass cases of the ship’s instruments.” ~ A Message from the Sea
So, Estella and I went
So, Estella and I went out into the garden by the gate through which I had strayed to my encounter with the pale young gentleman, now Herbert; I, trembling in spirit and worshipping the very hem of her dress; she, quite composed and most decidedly not worshipping the hem of mine. ~ Great Expectations
After that, he drank all
After that, he drank all the rest of the sherry, and Mr. Hubble drank the port, and the two talked (which I have since observed to be customary in such cases) as if they were of quite another race from the deceased, and were notoriously immortal. ~ Great Expectations
It appeared to me that
It appeared to me that he must be a very happy man indeed, to have so many little drawers in his shop; and I wondered when I peeped into one or two on the lower tiers, and saw the tied-up brown paper packets inside, whether the flower-seeds and bulbs ever wanted of a fine day to break out of those jails, and bloom. ~ Great Expectations
They ran their heads very
They ran their heads very hard against wrong ideas, and persisted in trying to fit the circumstances to the ideas, instead of trying to extract ideas from the circumstances. ~ Great Expectations
There have been occasions in
There have been occasions in my later life (I suppose as in most lives) when I have felt for a time as if a thick curtain had fallen on all its interest and romance, to shut me out from anything save dull endurance. ~ Great Expectations
Mr. and Mrs. Pocket’s children…
I saw that Mr. and Mrs. Pocket’s children were not growing up or being brought up, but were tumbling up. ~ Great Expectations
