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The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

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‘Nicholas Nickleby’ (1839) ch. 24 (Mr Curdle)<br />

She’s the only sylph I ever saw, who could stand upon one leg, and play the tambourine on her<br />

other knee, like a sylph.<br />

‘Nicholas Nickleby’ (1839) ch. 25 (Mr Crummles)<br />

Bring in the bottled lightning, a clean tumbler, and a corkscrew.<br />

‘Nicholas Nickleby’ (1839) ch. 49 (<strong>The</strong> Gentleman in the Small-clothes)<br />

All is gas and gaiters.<br />

‘Nicholas Nickleby’ (1839) ch. 49 (<strong>The</strong> Gentleman in the Small-clothes)<br />

My life is one demd horrid grind!<br />

‘Nicholas Nickleby’ (1839) ch. 64 (Mr Mantalini)<br />

He has gone to the demnition bow-wows.<br />

‘Nicholas Nickleby’ (1839) ch. 64 (Mr Mantalini)<br />

4.52.13 <strong>The</strong> Old Curiosity Shop<br />

What is the odds so long as the fire <strong>of</strong> soul is kindled at the taper <strong>of</strong> conwiviality, and the wing<br />

<strong>of</strong> friendship never moults a feather!<br />

‘<strong>The</strong> Old Curiosity Shop’ (1841) ch. 2 (Dick Swiveller)<br />

Fan the sinking flame <strong>of</strong> hilarity with the wing <strong>of</strong> friendship; and pass the rosy wine.<br />

‘<strong>The</strong> Old Curiosity Shop’ (1841) ch. 7 (Dick Swiveller)<br />

Codlin’s the friend, not Short.<br />

‘<strong>The</strong> Old Curiosity Shop’ (1841) ch. 19 (Codlin)<br />

If I know’d a donkey wot wouldn’t go<br />

To see Mrs Jarley’s waxwork show,<br />

Do you think I’d acknowledge him,<br />

Oh no no!<br />

‘<strong>The</strong> Old Curiosity Shop’ (1841) ch. 27 (Codlin)<br />

I never nursed a dear Gazelle, to glad me with its s<strong>of</strong>t black eye, but when it came to know me<br />

well, and love me, it was sure to marry a market-gardener.<br />

‘<strong>The</strong> Old Curiosity Shop’ (1841) ch. 56 (Dick Swiveller).<br />

It was a maxim with Foxey—our revered father, gentlemen—’Always suspect everybody.’<br />

‘<strong>The</strong> Old Curiosity Shop’ (1841) ch. 66 (Sampson Brass)<br />

4.52.14 Oliver Twist<br />

Please, sir, I want some more.<br />

‘Oliver Twist’ (1838) ch. 2 (Oliver)<br />

Known by the sobriquet <strong>of</strong> ‘<strong>The</strong> artful Dodger.’<br />

‘Oliver Twist’ (1838) ch. 8<br />

<strong>The</strong>re is a passion for hunting something deeply implanted in the human breast.<br />

‘Oliver Twist’ (1838) ch. 10<br />

I only know two sorts <strong>of</strong> boys. Mealy boys, and beef-faced boys.

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