... objects which had looked dim and terrible in the darkness,
grew more and more defined, and gradually resolved into their familiar
shapes. The rain came down, thick and fast, and pattered noisily among ... helpless and unconscious, on his bed of clay.
At length, a low cry of pain broke the stillness that prevailed; and uttering it,
the boy awoke. His left arm, rudely bandaged...
... side-board and the breakfast-table; and, with his body drawn up
to its full height, his head thrown back, and inclined the merest trifle on one
side, his left leg advanced, and his right hand thrust ... her
deep blue eye, and was stamped upon her noble head, seemed scarcely of her
age, or of the world; and yet the changing expression of sweetness and good
humour, the thousan...
... the peace of mind and soft
tranquillity, the sickly boy felt in the balmy air, and among the green hills
and rich woods, of an inland village! Who can tell how scenes of peace and
quietude sink ... but would go and inquire. She presently returned,
and said, that Mr. Brownlow had sold off his goods, and gone to the West
Indies, six weeks before. Oliver clasped his hands, and...
... brightly as if it looked upon no
misery or care; and, with every leaf and flower in full bloom about her; with
life, and health, and sounds and sights of joy, surrounding her on every side: ...
churchyard, and sitting down on one of the green mounds, wept and prayed
for her, in silence.
There was such peace and beauty in the scene; so much of brightness and
mirth in the...
... and plotting away, every hour that I have laid shivering and
burning here; and Bill was to do this; and Bill was to do that; and Bill was to
do it all, dirt cheap, as soon as he got well: and ... the shelving roof, and
abutting on a close and dirty lane. Nor were there wanting other indications
Nancy shall go to the ken and fetch it, to make all sure; and I’ll lie down...
... on
errands by their mothers, with sixpences and shillings; and the lay is just to
take their money away—they’ve always got it ready in their hands,—then
knock ‘em into the kennel, and walk ... opening of
the door, and the appearance of a stranger, interrupted him.
The stranger was Mr. Fagin. And very amiable he looked, and a very low
bow he made, as he advanced, and settin...
... His face is dark, like his hair and eyes; and, although he can’t
be more than six or eight and twenty, withered and haggard. His lips are
often discoloured and disfigured with the marks of ... wharfs, and rendering darker
and more indistinct the murky buildings on the banks. The old smoke-
stained storehouses on either side, rose heavy and dull from the dense mass
of roofs...
... solitude and peace. Let me see them again, and beg
them, on my knees, to show the same mercy and goodness to you; and let us
both leave this dreadful place, and far apart lead better lives, and ... dilated nostrils and
heaving breast; and then, grasping her by the head and throat, dragged her
into the middle of the room, and looking once towards the door, placed his
h...
... unlimited supply of water; and with a corn- factor
to supply periodically small quantities of oatmeal; and issued three meals of
thin gruel a day, with an onion twice a week, and half a roll of Sundays. ... Child as
he was, he was desperate with hunger, and reckless with misery. He rose
from the table; and advancing to the master, basin and spoon in hand, said:
somewhat alarm...
... should be alive and
merry now, and she lying ther: so cold and stiff! Lord, Lord!—to think of it;
it’s as good as a play—as good as a play!’
As the wretched creature mumbled and chuckled in ... no loved and well-remembered face sank heavily into
his heart.
But his heart was heavy, notwithstanding; and he wished, as he crept into his
narrow bed, that that were his coffin, an...