Quote#Friendship
Mr. Augustus Minns was a bachelor, of about forty as he said — of…
Quote byCharles Dickens · 1812–1870
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: First lines of Dicken's first published work, originally titled "A Dinner at Poplar Walk" (1833), later published as "Mr. Minns and his Cousin".
English (original)
Mr. Augustus Minns was a bachelor, of about forty as he said — of about eight-and-forty as his friends said. He was always exceedingly clean, precise, and tidy: perhaps somewhat priggish, and the most retiring man in the world.
— Charles Dickens
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