Charles Dickens on Wedding
1812–1870 England
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In love of home, the love of country has its rise.
The Old Curiosity Shop (1841)
"There are strings," said Mr. Tappertit, "…in the human heart that had better not be wibrated."
Love is not a feeling to pass away,
Like the balmy breath of a summer day;
It is not — it cannot be — laid aside;
It is not a thing to forget or hide.
Lucy's Song in The Village Coquettes (1836)
…not an orphan in the wide world can be so deserted as the child who is an outcast from a living parent’s love.
Dombey and Son (1846)
O let us love our occupations,
Bless the squire and his relations,
Live upon our daily rations,
And always know our proper stations.
"Chops and Tomata Sauce. Yours, Pickwick." Chops! Gracious heavens! and Tomata Sauce! Gentlemen, is the happiness of a sensitive and confiding female to be trifled away by such shallow artifices as these?
Pickwick Papers (1836)
[A] loving heart was better and stronger than wisdom...
David Copperfield (1850)
"George", says Mr. Baguet. "You Know me. It's my old girl that advises. She has the head. But I never own to it before her. Discipline must be maintained. Wait till the greens is off her mind. Thens we'll consult. Whatever the old girl says, do - do it!