XXII. The Sea Still Rises XXIII. Fire Rises XXIV. Drawn to the Loadstone Rock
Charles Dickensto Life I. The Period II. The Mail III. The Night Shadows IV. The Preparation
Charles DickensFootsteps XXII. The Sea Still Rises XXIII. Fire Rises XXIV.
Charles DickensYears Later II. A Sight III. A Disappointment IV. Congratulatory V. The Jackal VI. Hundreds of People
Charles DickensAll other swindlers upon earth are nothing to the self-swindlers, and with such pretences did I cheat myself. Surely a curious thing. That I should innocently take a bad half-crown of somebody else's manufacture, is reasonable enough; but that I should knowingly reckon the spurious coin of my own make, as good money!
Charles DickensTags: self-delusion excuse pretext
First—Recalled to Life I. The Period II. The Mail III. The Night Shadows IV. The Preparation V. The
Charles Dickensfar like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only. There were a king with a large jaw and a queen with a plain;
Charles Dickensauthorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only. There were a king with a large jaw and a queen with a plain face, on the throne of England;
Charles Dickensorder of events had lately come to the English Crown and People, from a congress of British subjects in America: which, strange to relate, have proved more important to the human race than any communications yet received through any of the chickens of the Cock-lane brood.
Charles DickensPlea XXI. Echoing Footsteps XXII. The Sea Still Rises XXIII. Fire Rises XXIV. Drawn to the Loadstone Rock Book
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