 Mrs. Gradgrind, a little, thin, white, pink-eyed bundle of shawls, of surpassing feebleness, mental and bodily; who was always taking physic without any effect, and who, whenever she showed a symptom of coming to life, was invariably stunned bysome weighty...  Hard Times - Pągina 215per Charles Dickens - 1858 - 614 pąginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Jane Thomas (née Pinhorn) - 1854 - 392 pągines
...didn't know such a thing by name. I passed the day in a ditch, and the night in a pigsty. That was the way I spent my tenth birthday. Not that a ditch...bundle of shawls, of surpassing feebleness, mental aud bodily, who was always taking physic, without any effect, and who, whenever she showed a symptom... | |
 | 1855 - 852 pągines
...I didn't know such a thing by name. I passed the day in a ditch and the night in a pig-sty. That's the way I spent my tenth birthday. Not that a ditch was new to me, for I was born in a ditch. For years, ma'am, I was one of the most miserable little wretches ever seen. I was so sickly that I... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1868 - 604 pągines
...such a thing by name. I passed the day in a ditch, and the night in a pigsty. That's the wa^ I t”,en; my tenth birthday. Not that a ditch was new to me, for I was bom in a ditch." Mrs. Gradgrind, a little, thin, white, pink -eyed bundle of shawls, of surpзse г.;... | |
 | Gilbert Ashville Pierce, William Adolphus Wheeler - 1872 - 652 pągines
...(CECILIA). * Gradgrind, Mrs. Wile of Mr. Thomas Gradgrind. (Bk. I, ch. iv, ix, xv ; Bk. II, ch. ix.) A little thin, white, pink-eyed bundle of shawls,...effect: and who. whenever she showed a symptom of coining to life, was invariably stunned by some weighty piece of fact tumbling on her. Gradgrind, Adam... | |
 | New England Historic Genealogical Society - 1875 - 196 pągines
...distinguished position. There are no better authorities. 2 " What would Mr. Bounderby say ?" — Gradgrind. "Not that a ditch was new to me, for I was born in a ditch."— Bounderby. "Hard Times," chaps. 3 and 4. to the right of local independence, they were instinctively... | |
 | 1875 - 562 pągines
...distinguished position. There are no better authorities. * " What would Mr. Bounderby say ? " — Gradgrind. " Not that a ditch was new to me, for I was born in a ditch."— Bouneltrby. " Bard Times," chaps. 3 and 4. to the right of local independence, they were instinctively... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1883 - 842 pągines
...ditch, and the night in a pigsty. That's the way I spent my tenth birth day. Not that a ditch \vas rew to me, for I was born in a ditch." Mrs. Gradgrind,...taking physic without any effect, and who, whenever she siiowcd a symptom of coming to life, was invariably stunned by some weighty piece of fact tumbling... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1884 - 868 pągines
...I didn't know such a thing by name. I passed the day in a ditch, and the night in a pigsty. That's the way I spent my tenth birthday. Not that a ditch...taking physic without any effect, and who, whenever the showed a symptom of coming to life, was invariably stunned by some weighty piece of fact tumbling... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1884 - 1010 pągines
...day in a ditch, and the night in a pigsty. That's the way I spent my tenth birthday. Not that a diteh was new to me, for I was born in a ditch." Mrs. Gradgrind,...taking physic without any effect, and who, whenever she snowed a symptom of coming to life, was invariably stunned by some weighty piece of fact tumbling on... | |
 | Moses True Brown - 1886 - 316 pągines
...n't know such a thing by name. I passed the day in a ditch, and the night in a pigsty. " ' That 's the way I spent my tenth birthday ! Not that a ditch was new to me, for I was born in a ditch ! ' " Take a second illustration. It may be said that all great orators move out from the psychic centre... | |
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