"Charles dickens" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... ever feel disposed, Samivel, to go a-marryin' anybody,—no matter who,—just you shut yourself up in your own room, if you've got one, and pison yourself off-hand,"—such was the sententious advice of the elder Weller, as recorded by Charles Dickens in the immortal pages of the Pickwick Papers; and investigation will show that in all literatures, from the earliest times, similar warnings have been uttered to men who contemplated matrimony. ...
— Women of the Romance Countries • John R. Effinger
... from "serious reading," so that the man who, bent on self-improvement, has been deciding to devote ninety minutes three times a week to a complete study of the works of Charles Dickens will be well advised to alter his plans. The reason is not that novels are not serious—some of the great literature of the world is in the form of prose fiction—the reason is that bad novels ought not to be read, and that good ...
— How to Live on 24 Hours a Day • Arnold Bennett
... such varied and conflicting accounts of Charles Dickens that he hardly knew whether he would like to meet him or not. He wanted to see Tennyson when he was at the Isle of Wight, but feared that his visit might be looked on as an intrusion, by a person who lived so retired a life,—judging perhaps from ...
— The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne • Frank Preston Stearns
... Dickens by the young men of Boston. The company consisted of about two hundred, among whom were George Bancroft, Washington Allston, and Oliver Wendell Holmes. The toast of "Health, happiness, and a hearty welcome to Charles Dickens," having been proposed by the chairman, Mr. Quincy, and received with great applause, Mr. Dickens responded ...
— Speeches: Literary and Social • Charles Dickens
... Christmas Fire S.M. Crothers Colonel Carter's Christmas F.H. Smith Christmas Jenny (in A New England Nun) Mary E. Wilkins A Christmas Sermon R.L. Stevenson The Boy who Brought Christmas Alice Morgan Christmas Stories Charles Dickens The Christmas Guest Selma Lagerloef The Legend of the Christmas Rose ...
— Modern Prose And Poetry; For Secondary Schools - Edited With Notes, Study Helps, And Reading Lists • Various
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