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• Oh, a dainty plant is the ivy green, That creepeth o'er ruins old!
  Of right choice food are his meals, I ween, In his cell so lone and cold....
• Barkis is willin'. -- Charles Dickens (1812-1870) -- David Copperfield, Chap. v
• A demd, damp, moist, unpleasant body! -- Charles Dickens (1812-1870) -- Nicholas Nickleby, Chap.
  xxxiv...
• He 's tough, ma'am,--tough is J. B.; tough and devilish sly.
  -- Charles Dickens (1812-1870) -- Dombey and Son, Chap. vii...
• My life is one demd horrid grind. -- Charles Dickens (1812-1870) -- Nicholas Nickleby, Chap. lxiv
• The bearings of this observation lays in the application on it.
  -- Charles Dickens (1812-1870) -- Dombey and Son, Chap. xxiii...
• When found, make a note of. -- Charles Dickens (1812-1870) -- Dombey and Son, Chap. xv
• Now what I want is, Facts...Facts alone are wanted in life. -- Charles Dicke
• Papa, potatoes, poultry, prunes and prism, all very good words for the lips,--especially prunes and prism.
  -- Charles Dickens (1812-1870) -- Little Dorrit, Book ii, Chap. v...