Inglese
Vocabolario e frasi
He describes himself as beingsurrounded on every side, when he could catch a glimpse of the scene,by angry and ferocious countenances, by a vast cloud of dust, and by adense crowd of combatants.<>
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His doubts were speedily dispelled, however; for the stout man havingblown a thick cloud from his pipe, a hoarse voice, like some strangeeffort of ventriloquism, emerged from beneath the capacious shawls whichmuffled his throat and chest, and slowly uttered these sounds--'Wy,Sammy!Who's that, Sam?' inquired Mr. Pickwick.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'Let the Summer sun to his bright home run, He shall never be sought by me; When he's dimmed by a cloud I can laugh aloud And care not how sulky he be! For his darling child is the madness wild That sports in fierce fever's train; And when love is too strong, it don't last long, As many have found to their pain.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) '"And now," said the king, fantastically poking the taper corner of hissugar-loaf hat into the sexton's eye, and thereby occasioning him themost exquisite pain; "and now, show the man of misery and gloom, a fewof the pictures from our own great storehouse!"'As the goblin said this, a thick cloud which obscured the remoter endof the cavern rolled gradually away, and disclosed, apparently at agreat distance, a small and scantily furnished, but neat and cleanapartment.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'Again the light cloud passed across the picture, and again the subjectchanged.<>
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The cloud settled upon the picture, andconcealed it from the sexton's view.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'At these words, the cloud was dispelled, and a rich and beautifullandscape was disclosed to view--there is just such another, to thisday, within half a mile of the old abbey town.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'Many a time the cloud went and came, and many a lesson it taught toGabriel Grub, who, although his shoulders smarted with pain from thefrequent applications of the goblins' feet thereunto, looked on with aninterest that nothing could diminish.<>
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No sooner had he formed it, thanthe cloud which had closed over the last picture, seemed to settle onhis senses, and lull him to repose.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) Notwithstanding the highly satisfactory nature of all thesearrangements, there was a cloud on the countenance of Mr. Bob Sawyer, ashe sat by the fireside.<>
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Here, four or five great hulkingfellows, just visible through a cloud of tobacco smoke, were engagedin noisy and riotous conversation over half-emptied pots of beer, orplaying at all-fours with a very greasy pack of cards.<>
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Confound and curse it! if one gentleman under a cloud is not toput himself a little out of the way to assist another gentleman in thesame condition, what's human nature?'Thus spake Mr. Smangle, edging himself meanwhile as near as possibleto the portmanteau, and beaming forth looks of the most fervent anddisinterested friendship.<>
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