I feel an earnest and humble desire, and shall do till I die, to increase the stock of harmless cheerfulness.

“Hot punch is a pleasant thing, gentlemen---an extremely pleasant thing under an…”

“And I am bored to death with it. Bored to death with this place, bored to death…”

“his face, though lined, bore few traces of anxiety. But, perhaps the confidenti…”

“Uriah gave a kind of snivel. I think to express sympathy.”