Scenes and Characters from the Works of Charles Dickens: Being Eight Hundred and Sixty-six Pictures Printed from the Original Wood BlocksDickens, Charles
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Scenes and Characters from the Works of Charles Dickens: Being Eight Hundred and Sixty-six Pictures Printed from the Original Wood Blocks
Dickens, Charles
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 -- Illustrations
[Illustration: "IT A'NT A SMOKIN' YOUR WAY, SIR, I SAYS;" HE SAYS, "NO
MORE IT IS, COACHMAN, AND AS LONG AS IT SMOKES ANYBODY ELSE'S WAY, IT'S
ALL RIGHT AND I'M AGREEABLE"--Book 2, chap. viii.]
[Illustration: IF YOU COULD BUT KNOW HOW I HATED ONE MAN IN VERY DIRTY
GAITERS, AND WITH VERY PROTRUDING UPPER TEETH, WHO SAID TO ALL COMERS
AFTER HIM, "SO YOU'VE BEEN INTRODUCED TO OUR FRIEND DICKENS--EH!"--Book
3, Chap. ii.]
[Illustration: HE LOOKED UP AT ME; GAVE HIMSELF AN ODD, DOGGED KIND OF
SHAKE; AND FIXED HIS EYES ON HIS BOOK AGAIN--Book 4, chap. iv.]
[Illustration: HE IS PERHAPS THE MOST HORRIBLE BORE IN THE COUNTRY--Book
3, chap. v.]
[Illustration: VISIT TO A TRAMPS' LODGING-HOUSE--Book 3, chap. viii.]
[Illustration: GENOESE WASHERWOMEN--Book 4, chap. v.]
[Illustration: THE RADICOFANI WIZARD--Book 4, chap. vii.]
[Illustration: "I SAY, WHAT'S FRENCH FOR A PILLOW!" "IS THERE ANY
ITALIAN PHRASE FOR A LUMP OF SUGAR! JUST LOOK, WILL YOU!" "WHAT THE
DEVIL DOES ECHO MEAN! THE GARSONG SAYS ECHO TO EVERYTHING"--Book 4,
Chap. vi.]
[Illustration: NEAPOLITAN LAZZARONI--Book 4, chap. vii.]
[Illustration: READING "DOMBEY" AT THE SNUFF SHOP--Book 5, chap. vii.]
[Illustration: "I HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO SEE WHAT THEY ARE, BECAUSE ONE
OF THE OLD LADIES ALWAYS SITS BEFORE THEM; BUT THEY LOOK, OUTSIDE, LIKE
VERY OLD BACKGAMMON BOARDS"--Book 5, chap. iv.]
[Illustration: "HALLOA, MRS. GAMP, WHAT ARE YOU UP TO!"--Book 6, chap.
i]
[Illustration: OFF YARMOUTH--Book 6, chap. vi.]
[Illustration: LIKEWISE AN OLD MAN WHO RAN OVER A MILK-CHILD RATHER THAN
STOP!--WITH NO NECKCLOTH, ON PRINCIPLE; AND WITH HIS MOUTH WIDE OPEN TO
CATCH THE MORNING AIR--Book 6, chap. vi.]
[Illustration: BYE AND BYE I CAME UPON A POLENTA-SHOP IN THE CLOUDS,
WHERE AN OLD FRENCHMAN WITH AN UMBRELLA LIKE A FADED TROPICAL LEAF (IT
HAD NOT RAINED IN NAPLES FOR SIX WEEKS) WAS STARING AT NOTHING AT ALL,
WITH A SNUFF-BOX IN HIS HAND--Book 7, chap. iii.]
[Illustration: "C'EST VRAI DONC," SAYS THE DUKE, "QUE MADAME LA DUCHESSE
N'EST PLUS!"... "C'EST TROP VRAI, MONSEIGNEUR."... "TANT MIEUX," SAYS
THE DUKE, AND WALKS OFF DELIBERATELY, TO THE GREAT SATISFACTION OF THE
ASSEMBLAGE--Book 7, chap. v.]
[Illustration: A WARM CORNER IN THE PIG-MARKET AT BOULOGNE--Book 7,
chap. v.]
[Illustration: WHENEVER HE FELT TOOTS COMING AGAIN, HE BEGAN TO LAUGH
AND WIPE HIS EYES AFRESH; AND WHEN TOOTS CAME ONCE MORE, HE GAVE A KIND
OF CRY, AS IF IT WERE TOO MUCH FOR HIM--Book 8, chap. iv.]
[Illustration: HE ... SLIGHTLY COCKED UP HIS EVIL EYE AT THE GOLDFINCH.
INSTANTLY A RAGING THIRST BESET THAT BIRD; AND WHEN IT WAS APPEASED HE
STILL DREW SEVERAL UNNECESSARY BUCKETS OF WATER, LEAPING ABOUT HIS PERCH
AND SHARPENING HIS BILL WITH IRREPRESSIBLE SATISFACTION--Book 8, chap.
v.]
[Illustration: THE UNEDUCATED FATHER IN FUSTIAN AND THE EDUCATED BOY IN
SPECTACLES--Book 9, chap. v.]
[Illustration: SAM WELLER IN SIERRA NEVADA--Book 9, chap. viii.]
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