"A regular right-down bad un, Workus, replied Noah, coolly. And its a great deal better, Workus, that she died when she did, or else shed have been hard labouring in Bridewell, or transported, or hung; which is more likely than either, isnt it?"
Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress, is the second novel by English author Charles Dickens. It was originally published as a serial from 1837 to 1839 and as a three-volume book in 1838. The story follows orphan Oliver Twist, who, after being raised in a workhouse, escapes to London, where he meets a gang of juvenile pickpockets led by the elderly criminal Fagin, discovers the secrets of hi
"If the law supposes that," said Mr. Bumble, squeezing his hat emphatically in both hands, "the law is a ass — a idiot. If thats the eye of the law, the law is a bachelor; and the worst I wish the law is, that his eye may be opened by experience — by experience."
Oliver Twist"The fact is, that there was considerable difficulty in inducing Oliver to take upon himself the office of respiration, — a troublesome practice, but one which custom has rendered necessary to our easy existence, — and for some time he lay gasping on a little flock mattress, rather unequally poised between this world and the next: the balance being decidedly in favor of the latter. Now, if, during this brief period, Oliver had been surrounded by careful grandmothers, anxious aunts, experienced nurses, and doctors of profound wisdom, he would most inevitably and indubitably have been killed in no time."
Oliver Twist"Please, sir, I want some more."
Oliver Twist"Come, said Mr. Bumble, somewhat less pompously, for it was gratifying to his feelings to observe the effect his eloquence had produced; Come, Oliver! Wipe your eyes with the cuffs of your jacket, and dont cry into your gruel; thats a very foolish action, Oliver."
Oliver Twist"Oliver Twist has asked for more!"
Oliver Twist"Dignity, and even holiness too, sometimes, are more questions of coat and waistcoat than some people imagine."
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