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• My life is one demd horrid grind. -- Charles Dickens (1812-1870) -- Nicholas Nickleby, Chap. lxiv
• Barkis is willin'. -- Charles Dickens (1812-1870) -- David Copperfield, Chap. v
• In a Pickwickian sense. -- Charles Dickens (1812-1870) -- Pickwick Papers, Chap. i
• He 's tough, ma'am,--tough is J. B.; tough and devilish sly.
  -- Charles Dickens (1812-1870) -- Dombey and Son, Chap. vii...
• 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
• 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...
• Whatever was required to be done, the Circumlocution Office was beforehand with all the public departments in the art of perceiving HOW NOT TO DO IT.
  -- Charles Dickens (1812-1870) -- Little Dorrit, Book ii, Chap. x...
• Let sleeping dogs lie. -- Charles Dicke