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"(Jane Austen - Pride and prejudice ) "Which do you mean?" and turning round he looked for a moment atElizabeth, till catching her eye, he withdrew his own and coldly said:"She is tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me; I am in nohumour at present to give consequence to young ladies who are slightedby other men.<>
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She then yawned again, threw aside her book, andcast her eyes round the room in quest for some amusement; when hearingher brother mentioning a ball to Miss Bennet, she turned suddenlytowards him and said:"By the bye, Charles, are you really serious in meditating a dance atNetherfield? I would advise you, before you determine on it, to consultthe wishes of the present party; I am much mistaken if there arenot some among us to whom a ball would be rather a punishment than apleasure.<>
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(Jane Austen - Pride and prejudice ) From his garden, Mr. Collins would have led them round his two meadows;but the ladies, not having shoes to encounter the remains of a whitefrost, turned back; and while Sir William accompanied him, Charlottetook her sister and friend over the house, extremely well pleased,probably, to have the opportunity of showing it without her husband'shelp.<>
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(Jane Austen - Pride and prejudice ) "What is it you mean?""It is a circumstance which Darcy could not wish to be generally known,because if it were to get round to the lady's family, it would be anunpleasant thing.<>
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Mr. Gardiner expressed a wishof going round the whole park, but feared it might be beyond a walk.<>
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There was now employment for the wholeparty--for though they could not all talk, they could all eat; and thebeautiful pyramids of grapes, nectarines, and peaches soon collectedthem round the table.<>
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I shall never be quite happytill I have been all round the park.<>
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(Jane Austen - Pride and prejudice ) The gentlemen came; and she thought he looked as if he would haveanswered her hopes; but, alas! the ladies had crowded round the table,where Miss Bennet was making tea, and Elizabeth pouring out the coffee,in so close a confederacy that there was not a single vacancy near herwhich would admit of a chair.<>
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On opening the door, she perceived hersister and Bingley standing together over the hearth, as if engaged inearnest conversation; and had this led to no suspicion, the faces ofboth, as they hastily turned round and moved away from each other, wouldhave told it all.<>
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We will go round the Park every day.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'Here you are, sir,' shouted a strange specimen of the human race, ina sackcloth coat, and apron of the same, who, with a brass labeland number round his neck, looked as if he were catalogued in somecollection of rarities.<>
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Go to vork,Sam!--and they crowded with great glee round the party.<>
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Mr. Tupman looked round him.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'Rather short in the waist, ain't it?' said the stranger, screwinghimself round to catch a glimpse in the glass of the waist buttons,which were half-way up his back.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) One of the most popular personages, in his own circle, present, was alittle fat man, with a ring of upright black hair round his head, andan extensive bald plain on the top of it--Doctor Slammer, surgeon tothe 97th.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'You're wanted--some one at the door;' and, having exerted himself toarticulate thus much, Mr. Tracy Tupman turned round and fell fast asleepagain.<>
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He turned round as Mr. Winkle entered, and made astiff inclination of the head.<>
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Thetattered remains of a checked curtain were drawn round the bed's head,to exclude the wind, which, however, made its way into the comfortlessroom through the numerous chinks in the door, and blew it to and froevery instant.<>
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It has been conjectured that Mr. Pickwick was on the point of deliveringsome remarks which would have enlightened the world, if not the Thames,when he was thus interrupted; for he gazed sternly on the waiter'scountenance, and then looked round on the company generally, as ifseeking for information relative to the new-comers.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) Lieutenant Tappleton turned round to his friend Doctor Slammer, with ascarcely perceptible shrug of the shoulder, as if implying some doubt ofthe accuracy of his recollection.<>
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The dismal man readily complied; a circle was again formed round thetable, and harmony once more prevailed.<>
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The young Misses Wardle were so frightened,that Mr. Trundle was actually obliged to hold one of them up in thecarriage, while Mr. Snodgrass supported the other; and Mr. Wardle'ssister suffered under such a dreadful state of nervous alarm, that Mr.Tupman found it indispensably necessary to put his arm round her waist,to keep her up at all.<>
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--'Hem! aunt, dear!Yes, my dear love!I'm SO afraid you'll catch cold, aunt--have a silk handkerchief totie round your dear old head--you really should take care ofyourself--consider your age!'However well deserved this piece of retaliation might have been, it wasas vindictive a one as could well have been resorted to.<>
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As thePickwickians turned round to take a last glimpse of it, the setting suncast a rich glow on the faces of their entertainers, and fell upon theform of the fat boy.<>
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The 'poor fellow' was proof against flattery; the moreMr. Winkle tried to get nearer him, the more he sidled away; and,notwithstanding all kinds of coaxing and wheedling, there were Mr.Winkle and the horse going round and round each other for ten minutes,at the end of which time each was at precisely the same distance fromthe other as when they first commenced--an unsatisfactory sort of thingunder any circumstances, but particularly so in a lonely road, where noassistance can be procured.<>
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The aunt, the two youngladies, and Mr. Wardle, each vying with the other in paying zealous andunremitting attentions to the old lady, crowded round her easy-chair,one holding her ear-trumpet, another an orange, and a third asmelling-bottle, while a fourth was busily engaged in patting andpunching the pillows which were arranged for her support.<>
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The round game comprised the rest of the company.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) Meanwhile the round game proceeded right merrily.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) The evening glided swiftly away, in these cheerful recreations; and whenthe substantial though homely supper had been despatched, and the littleparty formed a social circle round the fire, Mr. Pickwick thought hehad never felt so happy in his life, and at no time so much disposed toenjoy, and make the most of, the passing moment.<>
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How closely he twineth, how tight he clings To his friend the huge Oak Tree! And slily he traileth along the ground, And his leaves he gently waves, As he joyously hugs and crawleth round The rich mould of dead men's graves.<>
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He looked round him.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'He had not observed that a man was lying on the bank beside him; hisgarments rustled as he turned round to steal a look at the new-comer;and Edmunds raised his head.<>
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The little party had crowded so completely round Mr. Tupman,that they could not yet clearly discern the nature of the accident.<>
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He jumped up, and, throwing his arm round the neck of the spinsteraunt, imprinted upon her lips numerous kisses, which after a due show ofstruggling and resistance, she received so passively, that there is notelling how many more Mr. Tupman might have bestowed, if the lady hadnot given a very unaffected start, and exclaimed in an affrighted tone--'Mr. Tupman, we are observed!--we are discovered!'Mr. Tupman looked round.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) The old lady was very precise and very particular; and as this ceremonyhad been observed for three successive summers without the slightestdeviation from the accustomed form, she was not a little surprisedon this particular morning to see the fat boy, instead of leaving thearbour, walk a few paces out of it, look carefully round him in everydirection, and return towards her with great stealth and an air of themost profound mystery.<>
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A DISCOVERY AND A CHASEThe supper was ready laid, the chairs were drawn round the table,bottles, jugs, and glasses were arranged upon the sideboard, andeverything betokened the approach of the most convivial period in thewhole four-and-twenty hours.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) There was a gigantic round of cold beef on the table, and Mr. Pickwickwas supplied with a plentiful portion of it.<>
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He'sgot ten pounds of mine!--stop him!--he's swindled me!--I won't bearit!--I'll have justice, Pickwick!--I won't stand it!' and with sundryincoherent exclamations of the like nature, the unhappy gentleman spunround and round the apartment, in a transport of frenzy.<>
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Mr. Pickwick, let me go, sir!'It was a beautiful sight, in that moment of turmoil and confusion, tobehold the placid and philosophical expression of Mr. Pickwick's face,albeit somewhat flushed with exertion, as he stood with his armsfirmly clasped round the extensive waist of their corpulent host,thus restraining the impetuosity of his passion, while the fat boywas scratched, and pulled, and pushed from the room by all the femalescongregated therein.<>
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Emma, give Mr. Pickwick a shawl to tie round his neck--make haste.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'How much are they ahead?' shouted Wardle, as they drove up to the doorof the Blue Lion, round which a little crowd had collected, late as itwas.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) So sending forward one of the boys on horseback, to procure a freshchaise and horses, and leaving the other behind to take care of thebroken one, Mr. Pickwick and Mr. Wardle set manfully forward on thewalk, first tying their shawls round their necks, and slouching downtheir hats to escape as much as possible from the deluge of rain, whichafter a slight cessation had again begun to pour heavily down.<>
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A bright red handkerchief was wound in a very loose andunstudied style round his neck, and an old white hat was carelesslythrown on one side of his head.<>
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A double tier of bedroom galleries, with old Clumsybalustrades, ran round two sides of the straggling area, and a doublerow of bells to correspond, sheltered from the weather by a littlesloping roof, hung over the door leading to the bar and coffee-room.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) He was yet on his way to the White Hart, when two plump gentlemanand one thin one entered the yard, and looked round in search of someauthorised person of whom they could make a few inquiries.<>
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And you,' continued Mr.Wardle, turning abruptly round to his sister--'you, Rachael, at a timeof life when you ought to know better, what do you mean by running awaywith a vagabond, disgracing your family, and making yourself miserable?Get on your bonnet and come back.<>
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Good round sum--a man like you could treble it in notime--great deal to be done with fifty pounds, my dear Sir.<>
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He panted for breath, andlooked benignantly round upon his friends.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) Mr. Pickwick looked round him.<>
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Strange feelings cameover me, and thoughts, forced upon me by some secret power, whirledround and round my brain.<>
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I couldnot hide the wild mirth and joy which boiled within me, and made mewhen I was alone, at home, jump up and beat my hands together, anddance round and round, and roar aloud.<>
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"'He looked uneasily round him, and I saw his hand grasp the back of hischair; but he said nothing.<>
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I was borneupon the arms of demons who swept along upon the wind, and bore downbank and hedge before them, and spun me round and round with a rustleand a speed that made my head swim, until at last they threw me fromthem with a violent shock, and I fell heavily upon the earth.<>
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Bardell; and without moreado, she rose from her chair, and flung her arms round Mr. Pickwick'sneck, with a cataract of tears and a chorus of sobs.<>
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After a few preliminary remarks,Mr. Pott turned round to Mr. Pickwick, and said with solemnity--'This contest excites great interest in the metropolis, sir?I believe it does,' said Mr. Pickwick.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'It was a good large room with big closets, and a bed which might haveserved for a whole boarding-school, to say nothing of a couple of oakenpresses that would have held the baggage of a small army; but whatstruck Tom's fancy most was a strange, grim-looking, high backed chair,carved in the most fantastic manner, with a flowered damask cushion,and the round knobs at the bottom of the legs carefully tied up in redcloth, as if it had got the gout in its toes.<>
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TomSmart, in the energy of his compassion, had put his arm round thewidow's waist; and the widow, in a passion of grief, had clasped Tom'shand.<>
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This interesting performancehaving concluded amidst the loud plaudits of the whole company, a boyforthwith proceeded to entangle himself with the rails of a chair,and to jump over it, and crawl under it, and fall down with it, and doeverything but sit upon it, and then to make a cravat of his legs, andtie them round his neck, and then to illustrate the ease with which ahuman being can be made to look like a magnified toad--all which featsyielded high delight and satisfaction to the assembled spectators.<>
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Leo Hunter looked round her in triumph.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'And he has so wound himself round the old lady's heart, Sir,' resumedJob, 'that she would believe nothing to his prejudice, if you went downon your bare knees, and swore it; especially as you have no proof butthe word of a servant, who, for anything she knows (and my master wouldbe sure to say so), was discharged for some fault, and does this inrevenge.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) They found the house, read the brass plate, walked round the wall, andstopped at that portion of it which divided them from the bottom of thegarden.<>
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Once, and only once, he turned round to Mr.Wardle, and said--'How did you come here?Trundle and I came down here, for some good shooting on the first,'replied Wardle.<>
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We shall have a crowd round thehouse.<>
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It's sealed vith a vafer,and directed in round hand.<>
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Many ayoung partridge who strutted complacently among the stubble, with allthe finicking coxcombry of youth, and many an older one who watched hislevity out of his little round eye, with the contemptuous air of a birdof wisdom and experience, alike unconscious of their approaching doom,basked in the fresh morning air with lively and blithesome feelings,and a few hours afterwards were laid low upon the earth.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'Where are they!' said Mr. Winkle, in a state of the highest excitement,turning round and round in all directions.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) How long this scene might have lasted, or how much Mr. Pickwick mighthave suffered, no one can tell, had not a carriage, which was drivingswiftly by, suddenly pulled up, from whence there descended old Wardleand Sam Weller, the former of whom, in far less time than it takes towrite it, if not to read it, had made his way to Mr. Pickwick's side,and placed him in the vehicle, just as the latter had concluded thethird and last round of a single combat with the town-beadle.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) It was a ragged head, the sandy hair of which, scrupulously partedon one side, and flattened down with pomatum, was twisted into littlesemi-circular tails round a flat face ornamented with a pair of smalleyes, and garnished with a very dirty shirt collar, and a rusty blackstock.<>
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The door was scarcely shut, when old Fogg turned round to me, witha sweet smile on his face, and drew the declaration out of his coatpocket.<>
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" He madea strong effort, plucked up his courage, shivered the lock with a blowor two of the poker, opened the door, and there, sure enough, standingbolt upright in the corner, was the last tenant, with a little bottleclasped firmly in his hand, and his face--well!' As the little oldman concluded, he looked round on the attentive faces of his wonderingauditory with a smile of grim delight.<>
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" With these words, the spirit disappeared; and whatis rather remarkable,' added the old man, with a shrewd look round thetable, 'he never came back again.<>
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The old man looked round the table, and leered more horribly than ever,as if in triumph, at the attention which was depicted in every face.<>
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It was HEagain! Fe wound his arms round the old man's body, and held him back.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'Very well,' replied Mr. Pickwick, looking round him.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'I trust, ma'am,' resumed Mr. Pickwick, gathering up his shoes, andturning round to bow again--'I trust, ma'am, that my unblemishedcharacter, and the devoted respect I entertain for your sex, will pleadas some slight excuse for this--' But before Mr. Pickwick could concludethe sentence, the lady had thrust him into the passage, and locked andbolted the door behind him.<>
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On the table before him,stood a pot of ale, a cold round of beef, and a very respectable-lookingloaf, to each of which he distributed his favours in turn, with the mostrigid impartiality.<>
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Heturned round to meet Mr. Peter Magnus, and encountered, in his stead,the joyous face of Mr. Tupman, the serene countenance of Mr. Winkle, andthe intellectual lineaments of Mr. Snodgrass.<>
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Didn't I say that yourpapa would turn round and lay all this at my door? Didn't I say so?'Here Mrs.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'Now, then!' said a shrill female voice the instant Sam thrust his headin at the door, 'what do you want, young man?'Sam looked round in the direction whence the voice proceeded.<>
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Beside him stood a glass of reeking hotpine-apple rum-and-water, with a slice of lemon in it; and every timethe red-nosed man stopped to bring the round of toast to his eye, withthe view of ascertaining how it got on, he imbibed a drop or two of thehot pine-apple rum-and-water, and smiled upon the rather stout lady, asshe blew the fire.<>
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Oh, I know,' said Sam; 'them as hangs up in the linen-drapers' shops,with beggars' petitions and all that 'ere upon 'em?'Mr. Stiggins began a third round of toast, and nodded assent.<>
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The guardand Mr. Weller disappear for five minutes, most probably to get the hotbrandy-and-water, for they smell very strongly of it, when theyreturn, the coachman mounts to the box, Mr. Weller jumps up behind, thePickwickians pull their coats round their legs and their shawls overtheir noses, the helpers pull the horse-cloths off, the coachman shoutsout a cheery 'All right,' and away they go.<>
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Again the bugle sounds lustily forth, and rouses thecottager's wife and children, who peep out at the house door, and watchthe coach till it turns the corner, when they once more crouch roundthe blazing fire, and throw on another log of wood against fathercomes home; while father himself, a full mile off, has just exchangeda friendly nod with the coachman, and turned round to take a good longstare at the vehicle as it whirls away.<>
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Mr. Winkle, who sits at the extremeedge, with one leg dangling in the air, is nearly precipitated into thestreet, as the coach twists round the sharp corner by the cheesemonger'sshop, and turns into the market-place; and before Mr. Snodgrass, whosits next to him, has recovered from his alarm, they pull up at the innyard where the fresh horses, with cloths on, are already waiting.<>
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And when the difficulties of thestile were at last surmounted, and they once more entered on the openfield, old Wardle informed Mr. Pickwick how they had all been down ina body to inspect the furniture and fittings-up of the house, whichthe young couple were to tenant, after the Christmas holidays; at whichcommunication Bella and Trundle both coloured up, as red as the fat boyafter the taproom fire; and the young lady with the black eyes andthe fur round the boots, whispered something in Emily's ear, and thenglanced archly at Mr. Snodgrass; to which Emily responded that she wasa foolish girl, but turned very red, notwithstanding; and Mr. Snodgrass,who was as modest as all great geniuses usually are, felt the crimsonrising to the crown of his head, and devoutly wished, in the inmostrecesses of his own heart, that the young lady aforesaid, with her blackeyes, and her archness, and her boots with the fur round the top, wereall comfortably deposited in the adjacent county.<>
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But age has its little infirmities of temper, and she was not quitebrought round yet.<>
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Sedate and solemn were the scoreof rubbers in which Mr. Pickwick and the old lady played together;uproarious was the mirth of the round table.<>
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Long after the ladies hadretired, did the hot elder wine, well qualified with brandy and spice,go round, and round, and round again; and sound was the sleep andpleasant were the dreams that followed.<>
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Well, he always walks to his office with a wery handsomegold watch-chain hanging out, about a foot and a quarter, and a goldwatch in his fob pocket as was worth--I'm afraid to say how much, but asmuch as a watch can be--a large, heavy, round manufacter, as stout fora watch, as he was for a man, and with a big face in proportion.<>
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Well, then he laughsas hearty as if he was a-goin' to pieces, and out he walks agin withhis powdered head and pigtail, and rolls down the Strand with the chainhangin' out furder than ever, and the great round watch almost bustin'through his gray kersey smalls.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) Now, the screaming had subsided, and faces were in a glow, and curlsin a tangle, and Mr. Pickwick, after kissing the old lady as beforementioned, was standing under the mistletoe, looking with a very pleasedcountenance on all that was passing around him, when the young lady withthe black eyes, after a little whispering with the other young ladies,made a sudden dart forward, and, putting her arm round Mr. Pickwick'sneck, saluted him affectionately on the left cheek; and before Mr.Pickwick distinctly knew what was the matter, he was surrounded by thewhole body, and kissed by every one of them.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'This,' said Mr. Pickwick, looking round him, 'this is, indeed,comfort.<>
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Allthis was gall and wormwood to the heart of Gabriel Grub; and when groupsof children bounded out of the houses, tripped across the road, andwere met, before they could knock at the opposite door, by half a dozencurly-headed little rascals who crowded round them as they flockedupstairs to spend the evening in their Christmas games, Gabriel smiledgrimly, and clutched the handle of his spade with a firmer grasp, as hethought of measles, scarlet fever, thrush, whooping-cough, and a goodmany other sources of consolation besides.<>
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On his short, round body, he wore aclose covering, ornamented with small slashes; a short cloak dangled athis back; the collar was cut into curious peaks, which served the goblinin lieu of ruff or neckerchief; and his shoes curled up at his toesinto long points.<>
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A crowd of little children were gathered round a bright fire,clinging to their mother's gown, and gambolling around her chair.<>
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A knock was heard atthe door; the mother opened it, and the children crowded round her, andclapped their hands for joy, as their father entered.<>
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"You!" He appeared disposed to add more, but indignation chokedhis utterance, so he lifted up one of his very pliable legs, and,flourishing it above his head a little, to insure his aim, administereda good sound kick to Gabriel Grub; immediately after which, all thegoblins in waiting crowded round the wretched sexton, and kicked himwithout mercy, according to the established and invariable custom ofcourtiers upon earth, who kick whom royalty kicks, and hug whom royaltyhugs.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'Nothing like dissecting, to give one an appetite,' said Mr. Bob Sawyer,looking round the table.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) The arrival of the two new visitors, and the consequent check upon Mr.Winkle and the young lady with the fur round her boots, would in allprobability have proved a very unpleasant interruption to the hilarityof the party, had not the cheerfulness of Mr. Pickwick, and the goodhumour of the host, been exerted to the very utmost for the common weal.<>
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Let me wrap this shawl round you, Mr.Pickwick.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) About half-past seven o'clock in the evening, some ten days or afortnight after Mr. Pickwick and his friends returned to London, therehurried into one of these offices, an individual in a brown coat andbrass buttons, whose long hair was scrupulously twisted round the rim ofhis napless hat, and whose soiled drab trousers were so tightly strappedover his Blucher boots, that his knees threatened every moment to startfrom their concealment.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) Mr. Pickwick had, that day, invited his three friends to dinner; theywere all seated round the fire, drinking their wine, when Mr. Jacksonpresented himself, as above described.<>
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But personal service, by clerk or agent, in these cases, youknow, Mr. Pickwick--nothing like caution, sir, in all legal forms--eh?'Here Mr. Jackson cast his eye on the parchment; and, resting his handson the table, and looking round with a winning and persuasive smile,said, 'Now, come; don't let's have no words about such a little matteras this.<>
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Mr. Pickwick did not turn round immediately, but looked vacantly inSam's face for a few seconds, and heaved a deep sigh.<>
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The marks of hairpowder on his coat-collar, and the ill-washed and worsetied white neckerchief round his throat, showed that he had not foundleisure since he left the court to make any alteration in his dress;while the slovenly style of the remainder of his costume warranted theinference that his personal appearance would not have been very muchimproved if he had.<>
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Mr.Mallard, send round to Mr.--Mr.--' 'Phunky's--Holborn Court, Gray'sInn,' interposed Perker.<>
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Very little of the beef was done either; and the ham (which wasalso from the German-sausage shop round the corner) was in a similarpredicament.<>
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The prim man in thecloth boots, who had been unsuccessfully attempting to make a jokeduring the whole time the round game lasted, saw his opportunity, andavailed himself of it.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'It's my landlady,' said Bob Sawyer, looking round him with greatdismay.<>
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These articleshaving been promptly supplied, he walked on direct towards LeadenhallMarket at a good round pace, very different from his recent lingeringone.<>
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Looking round him, he there beheld a signboard on which thepainter's art had delineated something remotely resembling a ceruleanelephant with an aquiline nose in lieu of trunk.<>
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Well,' continued his progenitor,looking round him very cautiously, 'you and I'll go, punctiwal to thetime.<>
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What are you a-laughin' at, corpilence?Hush! Sammy,' said Mr. Weller, looking round him with increasedcaution, and speaking in a whisper.<>
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) What a bright example! Thesisterhood, the maidens, flocking round the young waterman, and urginghim along the stream of duty and of temperance.<>
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) The soft sex to a man--he begged pardon, to afemale--rallied round the young waterman, and turned with disgust fromthe drinker of spirits (cheers).<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'He may approach, I think,' said Mr. Humm, looking round him, with a fatsmile.<>
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Brother Tadger, sir!' said Mr. Stiggins, suddenly increasing inferocity, and turning sharp round on the little man in the drabshorts, 'YOU are drunk, sir!' With this, Mr. Stiggins, entertaininga praiseworthy desire to promote the sobriety of the meeting, and toexclude therefrom all improper characters, hit Brother Tadger onthe summit of the nose with such unerring aim, that the drab shortsdisappeared like a flash of lightning.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) Finding all remonstrances unavailing, Sam pulled his hat firmly on,threw his father's coat over his arm, and taking the old man round thewaist, forcibly dragged him down the ladder, and into the street; neverreleasing his hold, or permitting him to stop, until they reached thecorner.<>
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Would any other gen'l'man like to ask me anythin'?' inquired Sam,taking up his hat, and looking round most deliberately.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) In the tea-room, and hovering round the card-tables, were a vast numberof queer old ladies, and decrepit old gentlemen, discussing all thesmall talk and scandal of the day, with a relish and gusto whichsufficiently bespoke the intensity of the pleasure they derived from theoccupation.<>
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But on that high ground,and in the crescent, which the wind swept round and round as if it weregoing to tear the paving stones up, its fury was tremendous.<>
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They werevery glad to set the chair down, and give a good round loud double-knockat the street door.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) Mr. Winkle jumped out of bed, wondering very much what could possiblybe the matter, and hastily putting on his stockings and slippers, foldedhis dressing-gown round him, lighted a flat candle from the rush-lightthat was burning in the fireplace, and hurried downstairs.<>
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He no sooner heard the horrible threat of the valorousDowler, than he bounced out of the sedan, quite as quickly as he hadbounced in, and throwing off his slippers into the road, took to hisheels and tore round the crescent, hotly pursued by Dowler and thewatchman.<>
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He kept ahead; the door was open as he came round the secondtime; he rushed in, slammed it in Dowler's face, mounted to his bedroom,locked the door, piled a wash-hand-stand, chest of drawers, and a tableagainst it, and packed up a few necessaries ready for flight with thefirst ray of morning.<>
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And round wentthe poker again, more fiercely than before.<>
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Mr. Bob Sawyer, understanding the message, after some twentyrepetitions, tied a wet cloth round his head to sober himself, and,having partially succeeded, put on his green spectacles and issuedforth.<>
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The young lady, who had been coyly affecting not to know that agentleman was so near, turned round as Sam spoke--no doubt (indeed shesaid so, afterwards) to decline this offer from a perfect stranger--wheninstead of speaking, she started back, and uttered a half-suppressedscream.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'I should have been the better for something of this kind, in my lastgarden expedition, at night; eh, Sam?' said Mr. Pickwick, lookinggood-humouredly round at his follower, who was trudging behind.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'Bless my heart!' exclaimed Mr. Pickwick, turning round again.<>
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One was a slim and rather lame man in rusty black, and a whiteneckerchief; another was a stout, burly person, dressed in the sameapparel, with a great reddish-black cloth round his neck; a third wasa little weazen, drunken-looking body, with a pimply face.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'Now,' said Perker, turning round before he entered one of the offices,to see that his companions were close behind him.<>
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At one end,was a door leading to the judge's private apartment, round which werecongregated a crowd of attorneys and managing clerks, who were calledin, in the order in which their respective appointments stood upon thefile.<>
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WHAT BEFELL Mr. PICKWICK WHEN HE GOT INTO THE FLEET; WHATPRISONERS HE SAW THERE, AND HOW HE PASSED THE NIGHTMr. Tom Roker, the gentleman who had accompanied Mr. Pickwick into theprison, turned sharp round to the right when he got to the bottom ofthe little flight of steps, and led the way, through an iron gate whichstood open, and up another short flight of steps, into a long narrowgallery, dirty and low, paved with stone, and very dimly lighted by awindow at each remote end.<>
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Why, bless the gentleman's honestheart and soul!' said the Zephyr, turning round and affecting theextremity of surprise; 'the gentleman is awake.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'Now, is there anything more we can do for you?' inquired Mr. Roker,looking round with great satisfaction, and gaily chinking the firstweek's hire in his closed fist.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) Such were the objects which presented themselves to Mr. Pickwick's view,as he looked round him in amazement.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'Pretty comfortable now, eh, Sam?Pretty vell, sir,' responded Sam, looking round him in a disparagingmanner.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) The salutation between Mr. Weller and his friends was strictly confinedto the freemasonry of the craft; consisting of a jerking round of theright wrist, and a tossing of the little finger into the air at the sametime.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'Gentlemen,' said Mr. Pell, looking round upon the company, 'success toyour friend! I don't like to boast, gentlemen; it's not my way; but Ican't help saying, that, if your friend hadn't been fortunate enoughto fall into hands that--But I won't say what I was going to say.<>
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Having emptied the glass in a twinkling,Mr. Pell smacked his lips, and looked complacently round on theassembled coachmen, who evidently regarded him as a species of divinity.<>
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Itwas fresh round about, when I walked there, years ago; but it grows hotand heavy in passing these walls.<>
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Then, he read two linesof the paper, and stopped short to look at a couple of men who werefinishing a game at rackets, which, being concluded, he cried out 'werygood,' in an approving manner, and looked round upon the spectators, toascertain whether their sentiments coincided with his own.<>
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Wot's the matter?Aha!' replied the old gentleman, 'I began to be afeerd that you'd gonefor a walk round the Regency Park, Sammy.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'I am going for a walk round the prison, and I wish you to attend me.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) From this spot, Mr. Pickwick wandered along all the galleries, up anddown all the staircases, and once again round the whole area of theyard.<>
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But after the cabriolet had dashed up, in splendid style, to thehouse with the yellow door, 'making,' as one of the vixenish ladiestriumphantly said, 'acterrally more noise than if one had come in one'sown carriage,' and after the driver had dismounted to assist the ladiesin getting out, the small round head of Master Thomas Bardell was thrustout of the one-pair window of a house with a red door, a few numbersoff.<>
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Raddle tight round the neck, sheapplied in all womanly kindness and pity to her nose, until that ladywith many plunges and struggles was fain to declare herself decidedlybetter.<>
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Why doesn'the make haste!'As the lady spoke these words, Mr. Jackson turned from the coach wherehe had been addressing some observations to a shabby man in blackleggings, who had just emerged from the vehicle with a thick ash stickin his hand, and made his way to the place where the ladies were seated;winding his hair round the brim of his hat, as he came along.<>
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If you'll order the waiter to deliver him anythingshort, he won't drink it off at once, won't he!--only try him!' Mr.Jackson's fingers wandered playfully round his nose at this portion ofhis discourse, to warn his hearers that he was speaking ironically.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'Only one of our public offices,' replied Jackson, hurrying her througha door, and looking round to see that the other women were following.<>
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This one hundred and fifty pounds, orwhatever it may be--take it in round numbers--is nothing to you.<>
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If you know'd who was near, sir, I rayther think you'd changeyour note; as the hawk remarked to himself vith a cheerful laugh, ven heheerd the robin-redbreast a-singin' round the corner.<>
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As Sam Weller spoke, he threw the door open, and there rushedtumultuously into the room, Mr. Nathaniel Winkle, leading after himby the hand, the identical young lady who at Dingley Dell had worn theboots with the fur round the tops, and who, now a very pleasing compoundof blushes and confusion, and lilac silk, and a smart bonnet, and a richlace veil, looked prettier than ever.<>
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Finally, the blackbottle went round till it was empty, and there was so much shaking ofhands and interchanging of compliments, that even the metal-visaged Mr.Martin condescended to smile.<>
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The individual to whom this observation referred, was sitting at theupper end of the room when Mr. Pickwick entered, and was smoking alarge Dutch pipe, with his eye intently fixed on the round face of thelandlord; a jolly-looking old personage, to whom he had recently beenrelating some tale of wonder, as was testified by sundry disjointedexclamations of, 'Well, I wouldn't have believed it! The strangest thingI ever heard! Couldn't have supposed it possible!' and other expressionsof astonishment which burst spontaneously from his lips, as he returnedthe fixed gaze of the one-eyed man.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) While Mr. Pickwick was mixing his brandy-and-water, the one-eyed manlooked round at him earnestly, from time to time, and at length said--'I think I've seen you before.<>
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When a porter had put his luggage in the coach, and received hisfare, he turned round and was gone; and before my uncle had well begunto wonder what had become of him, half a dozen fresh ones started up,and staggered along under the weight of parcels, which seemed big enoughto crush them.<>
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She had no bonneton her head, gentlemen, which was muffled in a black silk hood, but shelooked round for an instant as she prepared to get into the coach, andsuch a beautiful face as she disclosed, my uncle had never seen--noteven in a picture.<>
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She got into the coach, holding up her dress with onehand; and as my uncle always said with a round oath, when he told thestory, he wouldn't have believed it possible that legs and feet couldhave been brought to such a state of perfection unless he had seen themwith his own eyes.<>
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He held up his lantern,and looked earnestly in my uncle's face, as he handed it in, when, byits light, my uncle saw, to his great surprise, that an immense crowdof mail-coach guards swarmed round the window, every one of whom had hiseyes earnestly fixed upon him too.<>
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My uncle peeped out of the coach windowas they emerged from the yard, and observed that the other mails, withcoachmen, guards, horses, and passengers, complete, were driving roundand round in circles, at a slow trot of about five miles an hour.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) '"The mail, the mail!" cried the lady, running up to my uncle andthrowing her beautiful arms round his neck; "we may yet escape.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'What a merry dog it is!' said Mr. Pickwick, looking round at hiscompanion, with the bottle in his hand.<>
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Here, he walked slowly to the door, and then stoppingshort, turned round and said, with great suavity--'Shall I send the chambermaid, gentlemen?You may if you please,' replied Mr. Pickwick.<>
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He read, Sir,' rejoined Pott, laying his hand on Mr. Pickwick's knee,and looking round with a smile of intellectual superiority--'he read formetaphysics under the letter M, and for China under the letter C, andcombined his information, Sir!'Mr. Pott's features assumed so much additional grandeur at therecollection of the power and research displayed in the learnedeffusions in question, that some minutes elapsed before Mr. Pickwickfelt emboldened to renew the conversation; at length, as the editor'scountenance gradually relaxed into its customary expression of moralsupremacy, he ventured to resume the discourse by asking--'Is it fair to inquire what great object has brought you so far fromhome?That object which actuates and animates me in all my gigantic labours,Sir,' replied Pott, with a calm smile: 'my country's good.<>
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Mr. Pickwick would unquestionably have suffered severely forhis humane interference, if Mr. Weller, attracted by his master'scries, had not rushed in at the moment, and, snatching up a meal--sack,effectually stopped the conflict by drawing it over the head andshoulders of the mighty Pott, and clasping him tight round theshoulders.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'Take away that 'ere bag from the t'other madman,' said Sam to Ben Allenand Bob Sawyer, who had done nothing but dodge round the group, eachwith a tortoise-shell lancet in his hand, ready to bleed the first manstunned.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'My DEAR SAMMLE,'I am werry sorry to have the pleasure of being a Bear of ill news yourMother in law cort cold consekens of imprudently settin too long on thedamp grass in the rain a hearing of a shepherd who warnt able to leaveoff till late at night owen to his having vound his-self up vith brandyand vater and not being able to stop his-self till he got a little soberwhich took a many hours to do the doctor says that if she'd svallo'dvarm brandy and vater artervards insted of afore she mightn't have beenno vus her veels wos immedetly greased and everythink done to set heragoin as could be inwented your father had hopes as she vould havevorked round as usual but just as she wos a turnen the corner my boy shetook the wrong road and vent down hill vith a welocity you never see andnotvithstandin that the drag wos put on directly by the medikel manit wornt of no use at all for she paid the last pike at twenty minutesafore six o'clock yesterday evenin havin done the journey wery muchunder the reglar time vich praps was partly owen to her haven taken inwery little luggage by the vay your father says that if you vill comeand see me Sammy he vill take it as a wery great favor for I am werylonely Samivel n.<>
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Mr. Weller drew the household beauty closer to him, and entered upon awhispering conversation, which had not proceeded far, when she turnedher face round and condescended to look at him again.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) The widower was seated at a small round table in the little room behindthe bar, smoking a pipe, with his eyes intently fixed upon the fire.<>
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So, throwing her arms round his neck,and kissing him affectionately, she sobbed louder than before.<>
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I thought I knew the face,' said Fogg, drawing up a chair, andlooking round him with a smile.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'Joe,' said Arabella, at length, looking round with a most bewitchingsmile, 'how do you do, Joe?Joe,' said Emily, 'you're a very good boy; I won't forget you, Joe.<>
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At this point of the reconciliation, Mr. Ben Allen allowed his feelingsand the cigars and porter to overcome him, and looked round upon thebeholders with damp spectacles.<>
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He took a piece of cheese from the plate, and was onthe point of turning round to renew the conversation, when the fat boy,stooping so as to bring his head on a level with that of Mr. Pickwick,pointed with his thumb over his shoulder, and made the most horrible andhideous face that was ever seen out of a Christmas pantomime.<>
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Now, it's curious,' said Pell, looking round with a sorrowful smile;'Mrs.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'Or a oyster,' added the third, who was a hoarse gentleman, supported byvery round legs.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) Cos it's in their dooty, I suppose,' replied Sam, 'it's a part o' thesystem; they're alvays a-doin' it here, all day long!' Mr. Weller andhis friends had scarcely had a moment to reflect upon this singularregulation as connected with the monetary system of the country, whenthey were rejoined by Pell and Wilkins Flasher, Esquire, who led themto a part of the counter above which was a round blackboard with a large'W.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'I say,' said Mr. Weller, turning round to the umpires, there'ssomethin' wrong here.<>
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The decanters passed from hand to hand with unwonted briskness, andMr. Pickwick, looking round on the faces of his friends with a cheerfulsmile, proceeded--'All the changes that have taken place among us,'said Mr. Pickwick, 'I mean the marriage that HAS taken place, and themarriage that WILL take place, with the changes they involve, renderedit necessary for me to think, soberly and at once, upon my future plans.<>
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Here Mr. Pickwick paused, and a low murmur ran round the table.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) And in the midst of all this, stood Mr. Pickwick, his countenancelighted up with smiles, which the heart of no man, woman, or child,could resist: himself the happiest of the group: shaking hands, overand over again, with the same people, and when his own hands were notso employed, rubbing them with pleasure: turning round in a differentdirection at every fresh expression of gratification or curiosity, andinspiring everybody with his looks of gladness and delight.<>
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Mr. Pickwick leads the old lady (who has beenvery eloquent on the subject of Lady Tollimglower) to the top of a longtable; Wardle takes the bottom; the friends arrange themselves on eitherside; Sam takes his station behind his master's chair; the laughter andtalking cease; Mr. Pickwick, having said grace, pauses for an instantand looks round him.<>
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(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) The black dot gradually increased in size without very much altering inthe shape; for it continued, roughly speaking, to be both round andblack.<>
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"(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) He looked up and down the street sharply and then added:"And the only gate of the back garden is half a mile round on the otherside.<>
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As they advanced they were able tolocate it as the light of several coloured lamps, entangled in the treeslike the jewel fruits of Aladdin, and especially as the light from asmall, round lake or pond, which gleamed, with pale colours as if a lampwere kindled under it.<>
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The opalescent ring oflight, like the halo of the moon, round the sloping sides of the pond,was broken by two black stripes or streaks which soon proved themselvesto be the long, black legs of a figure fallen head downwards into thehollow, with the head in the pond.<>
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"I've only just comefrom Ireland; the only man I know round here is the priest at St.<>
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Dominic'sPresbytery and ask Father Brown if he would mind coming round here atonce.<>
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It was a stumpy figurewith a round face and a hat like a black halo.<>
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I fancy that's the whole story ofthe crime itself; but, of course, I must look round the other rooms.<>
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It justcurled round the corner of the house, bringing in sight the field ofcoloured lights beyond and beneath.<>
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He knows a lot about motoringand travelling, and the active ways of the world, and yet he alwaysstays at home pottering about round old Smith's beehives.<>
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(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) "I say," burst in the irrepressible John, before Devine could offer anypolite greeting, "I've brought her round to give you a little run.<>
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I was up at the Pulmans' place just now, when I was rung up andasked to come round here to meet a man who is coming to communicatesomething that may be of some moment to you.<>
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Last time I'll take one of these yokels----"(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) But his complaints received small attention in the general excitementthat gathered round Father Brown and his news.<>
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I asked him to run round here first with thenews, and I would follow; and so----"(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) His speech was sundered by a scream.<>
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Opal was standing up and pointingrigidly at the round window.<>
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" He swung round suddenly upon Devine.<>
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Come round and see me to-morrow, and I maybe able to tell you the whole tiling.<>
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"It was a dead man who crawled round more than one house, lookingin at more than one window.<>
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"(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) There was a short pause, and then Devine shrugged his shoulders andsaid: "It all comes back to bees and wasps looking very much alike inthis world, doesn't it?"(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) III THE SONG OF THE FLYING FISHTHE soul of Mr. Peregrine Smart hovered like a fly round one possessionand one joke.<>
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In talking to his neighbours in the little group of new houses that hadgrown up round the old village green, he lost no time in turning theconversation in the direction of his hobby.<>
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It wasthus a very self-contained group, and the comparative emptiness of theopen ground for miles round it threw the members more and more on eachother's society.<>
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It illustrates how the wise man can get behind timeand space and turn the levers of them, so to speak, so that the wholeworld turns round before our eyes.<>
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"(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) Peregrine Smart did not reply, and they passed out of the house on tothe road round the village green.<>
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A scarf of a strange sea-blue, vast andvoluminous, went round the head like a turban, and then again round thechin, giving rather the general character of a hood; so far as the facewas concerned it had a the effects of a mask.<>
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For the raiment round thehead was drawn close as a veil; and the head itself was bowed over aqueer-looking musical instrument made of silver or steel, and shapedlike a deformed or crooked violin.<>
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They were walking round thevillage green together, some hours later in the day, when the priest,who was frowning thoughtfully at the ground as he listened, suddenlystopped.<>
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It opened in a few minutes, and FatherBrown emerged, still smiling, and continued his slow and potteringprogress round the square of roads.<>
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After acomparatively brief interval the round and rather rustic visage appearedagain at the head of the stairs, looking rather like a turnip ghost witha broad grin.<>
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Hecaught up two things that you had seen a hundred times: the length ofold blue curtain that he wrapped round his head, and the Orientalmusical instrument you must have often seen in that heap of Orientalcuriosities.<>
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"Besides, don't you noticehe has hurt his hand and there's a small bandage round it?"(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) "Oh, that has nothing to do with it," said Evan hastily.<>
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(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) Father Brown's eye roamed round the room, which seemed to have been justrecently cleaned and tidied, till his gaze found something in a dustycorner just behind the door.<>
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He could not run round the fashionable picture galleryquite in that fashion; but he looked as if he wanted to, and fretted ashe glanced to left and right, seeking somebody he knew.<>
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Father Brown looked round as under anadvancing shadow of premonition; and he saw the lowering, almost lividface of the large woman in scarlet under its leonine yellow hair.<>
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There was a round Scottish shield on one wall, a round Scottish shieldon the other.<>
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"(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) "Thought you wanted looking after a bit," said the young man, with agrin on his round face.<>
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"I knew youwere only talking nonsense!"(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) "Well," grumbled the aggrieved youth with the round face.<>
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"(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) As he spoke, the Master of the Mountain seemed to come to life like acataleptic, and moved gravely round another quarter segment of thecircle, and took up his position outside their own row of arches,standing with his back to them and looking now towards the idol's back.<>
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"Have you searched the fountain andall round that rotten old god there?"(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) "I haven't dissected the little fishes," said Hardcastle, lifting hiseyeglass and surveying the other.<>
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"Are you thinking of the ring ofPolycrates?"(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) Apparently the survey, through the eye-glass, of the round face beforehim, convinced him that it covered no such meditation on Greek legend.<>
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"(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) They went in together, Hunter falling behind and dropping intoconversation with Father Brown, who was kicking his heels round thecloister.<>
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"(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) They took a turn or two round the cloister, talking; and then they alsowent into the inner room, where the Master of the Mountain was seated ona bench, in the capacity of a captive, but with more of the air of aking.<>
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"Hunter leapt forward and leaned out of the window; in aflash he could tear off his glove, tuck up his sleeve, and thrust hishand back round the other side of the pillar, while he gripped theIndian with the other hand and halloed out that he'd caught the thief.<>
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"(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) He stood up abruptly and looked round at them.<>
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