The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, 第 2 卷

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Wm. H. Colyer, 1838
 

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第 65 頁 - Mrs. Bardell's opinions of the opposite sex, gentlemen, were derived from a long contemplation of the inestimable qualities of her lost husband. She had no fear, she had no distrust, she had no suspicion, all was confidence and reliance. ' Mr. Bardell,' said the widow ;
第 66 頁 - Before the bill had been in the parlour-window three days — three days, gentlemen — a Being, erect upon two legs, and bearing all the outward semblance of a man, and not of a monster, knocked at the door of Mrs. Bardell's house. He inquired within ; he took the lodgings ; and on the very next day he entered into possession of them. This man was Pickwick — Pickwick the defendant.
第 65 頁 - The plaintiff, gentlemen," continued Serjeant Buzfuz, in a soft and melancholy voice, "the plaintiff is a widow; yes, gentlemen, a widow. The late Mr. Bardell, after enjoying, for many years, the esteem and confidence of his sovereign, as one of the guardians of his royal revenues, glided almost imperceptibly from the world, to seek elsewhere for that repose and peace which a custom-house can never afford.
第 67 頁 - ... to their solemn contract ; and I am in a situation to prove to you, on the testimony of three of his own friends — most unwilling witnesses, gentlemen — most unwilling witnesses — that on that morning he was discovered by them holding the plaintiff in his arms, and soothing her agitation by his caresses and endearments.
第 53 頁 - Mary my dear) altho it does finish a portrait and put the frame and glass on complete with a hook at the end to hang it up by, and all in two minutes and a quarter.
第 67 頁 - Gentlemen, what does this mean ? Chops and tomato sauce. Yours, Pickwick ! Chops ! Gracious heavens ! and tomato sauce ! Gentlemen, is the happiness of a sensitive and confiding female to be trifled away by such shallow artifices as these ? The next has no date whatever, which is in itself suspicious — " Dear Mrs. B. — I shall not be at home to-morrow. Slow coach." And then follows this very remarkable expression : — " Don't trouble yourself about the warmingpan...
第 56 頁 - Brick Lane Branch of the United Grand Junction Ebenezer Temperance Association, were held in a large room, pleasantly and airily situated at the top of a safe and commodious ladder. The president was the straightwalking Mr.
第 25 頁 - It was the most intensely interesting thing, to observe the manner in which Mr. Pickwick performed his share in the ceremony ; to watch the torture of anxiety with which he viewed the person behind, gaining upon him at the imminent hazard of tripping him up ; to see him gradually expend the painful force...
第 54 頁 - Sammy," said Mr Weller, dubiously. " No it don't," replied Sam, reading on very quickly, to avoid contesting the point — " ' Except of me Mary my dear as your walentine and think over what I've said. — My dear Mary I will now conclude.
第 54 頁 - Never sign a walentine with your own name." "Sign it 'Pickvick,' then," said Mr. Weller ; "it's a wery good name, and a easy one to spell." " The wery thing," said Sam. " I could end with a werse ; what do you think ? " <'I don't like it, Sam,

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