I looked at the stars, and considered how awful it would be for a man to turn his face up to them as he froze to death, and see no help or pity in all the glittering multitude.
Charles DickensShe had gained a reputation for beauty, and (which is often another thing) was beautiful.
Charles DickensTroubles are exceedingly gregarious in their nature, and flying in flocks are apt to perch capriciously.
Charles DickensWhether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.
Charles DickensI don't quite recollect how many tumblers of whiskey toddy each man drank after supper; but this I know, that about one o'clock in the morning, the baillie's grown-up son became insensible while attempting the first verse of 'Willie brewed a peck o' maut'; and he having been, for half an hour before, the only other man visible above the mahogany, it occurred to my uncle that it was almost time to think about going.
Charles Dickens