Blustering assertion goes for proof, half over the world. Auteur: Charles Dickens Copy Quote More from Charles Dickens “The white face of the winter day came sluggishly on, veiled in a frosty mist; a…” “Indeed, as he eagerly sparkled at them from the cellarage before mentioned, he …” “. . . such a rush immediately ensued that she with laughing face and plundered …” “Yet a gentleman may not keep a public house; may he?' said I. 'Not on any accou…”