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Reflect upon your present blessings — of which every man has many — not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.
Sketches by Boz (1836)
It is strange with how little notice, good, bad, or indifferent, a man may live and die in London.
Sketches by Boz (1836)
Grief never mended no broken bones, and as good people’s wery scarce, what I says is, make the most on ’em.
Sketches by Boz (1836)
The dignity of his office is never impaired by the absence of efforts on his part to maintain it.
Sketches by Boz (1836)
The civility which money will purchase, is rarely extended to those who have none.
Sketches by Boz (1836)
I used to sit, think, think, thinking, till I felt as lonesome as a kitten in a wash–house copper with the lid on.
Sketches by Boz (1836)
Christmas time! That man must be a misanthrope indeed, in whose breast something like a jovial feeling is not roused — in whose mind some pleasant associations are not awakened — by the recurrence of Christmas.
Sketches by Boz (1836)
Minerva House … was "a finishing establishment for young ladies," where some twenty girls of the ages from thirteen to nineteen inclusive, acquired a smattering of everything and a knowledge of nothing.
Sketches by Boz (1836)
The appearance presented by the streets of London an hour before sunrise, on a summer’s morning, is most striking even to the few whose unfortunate pursuits of pleasure, or scarcely less unfortunate pursuits of business, cause them to be well acquainted with the scene. There is an air of cold, solitary desolation about the noiseless streets which we are accustomed to see thronged at other times by a busy, eager crowd, and over the quiet, closely-shut buildings, which throughout the day are swarming with life and bustle, that is very impressive.
Sketches by Boz (1836)
Minerva House, conducted under the auspices of the two sisters, was a 'finishing establishment for young ladies,' where some twenty girls of the ages of from thirteen to nineteen inclusive, acquired a smattering of everything, and a knowledge of nothing; instruction in French and Italian, dancing lessons twice a-week; and other necessaries of life.
Sketches by Boz (1839)