 | Charles Dickens - 1873 - 376 pages
...through the apartments with a gentlemanly solemnity. " Those darling by-gone times, Mr. Carker," said Cleopatra, " with their delicious fortresses, and...vengeances, and their picturesque assaults and sieges, and every thing that makes life truly charming! How dreadfully we have degenerated!" "Yes, we have fallen... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1872 - 368 pages
...through the apartments with a gentlemanly solemnity. "Those darling by-gone times, Mr. Carker," said Cleopatra, " with their delicious fortresses, and...dear old dungeons, and their delightful places of torl ture, and their romantic vengeances, and their pici turesf}ue assaults and sieges, and every thing... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1873 - 584 pages
...district. Lilt If Dorrit, Book /., Chap. 31. OLD TIMES. " Those darling byegone limes, Mr. Carker," said 1 How dreadfully we have degenerated ! " " Yes, we have fallen off deplorably," said Mr. Carker. "... | |
 | Charles Dickens - Businesspeople - 1880 - 874 pages
...times, Mr. Carker," said Cleopatra, " with their delicious fortresses, and their dear old dungeons, 373 and their delightful places of torture, and their...truly charming ! How dreadfully we have degenerated ! " " Yes, we have fallen off deplorably," said Mr. Carker. The peculiarity of their conversation was,... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1883 - 876 pages
...through the apartments with a gentlemanly solemnity. " Those darling bygone times, Mr. Carker," said Cleopatra, "with their delicious fortresses, and their...their delightful places of torture, and their romantic ven geauces, and their picturesque assaults and sieges, and every thing that makes life truly charming... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1884 - 874 pages
...through the apartments with a gentlemanly solemnity. " Those darling by-gone times, Mr. Carker," said Cleopatra, " with their delicious fortresses, and...truly charming ! How dreadfully we have degenerated ! " " Yes, we have fallen off deplorably," said Mr. Carker. The peculiarity of their conversation was,... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1890 - 508 pages
...through the apartments with a gentlemanly solemnity. "Those darling bygone times, Mr. Carker," said Cleopatra, " with their delicious fortresses, and...truly charming ! How dreadfully we have degenerated ! " "Yes, we have fallen off deplorably," said Mr. Carker. The peculiarity of their conversation was,... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1891 - 590 pages
...through the apartments with a gentlemanly solemnity. " Those darling bygone times, Mr. Carker," said Cleopatra, " with their delicious fortresses, and...their picturesque assaults and sieges, and everything ,hat makes life truly charming ! How dreadfully we have legenerated ! " " Yes, we have fallen off deplorably,"... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1895 - 760 pages
...through the apartments with a gentlemanly solemnity. "Those darling bygone times, Mr. Carker," said Cleopatra, "with their delicious fortresses, and their...truly charming ! How dreadfully we have degenerated ! " "Yes, we have fallen off deplorably," said Mr. Carker. The peculiarity of their conversation was,... | |
 | Literature - 1903 - 852 pages
...place." Then there are Toots, and Susan Nipper, and Dr. Bllmber. and last of all Charles Dickens. 729 Cleopatra. "Those darling bygone times, Mr. Carker,"...'•There is no What's-his-name but Thingummy, and \Vhat-you-may-call-it is his prophet," we are almost tempted to place her in the first rank of Dickens's... | |
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with their delicious fortresses, and their dear old dungeons, and their delightful places of torture, and their romantic vengeances, and their picturesque assaults and sieges, and everything that makes life truly charming! How dreadfully we have degenerated!'... 
