 Oliver Twist's ninth birthday found him a pale thin child, somewhat diminutive in stature, and decidedly small in circumference. But nature or inheritance had implanted a good sturdy spirit in Oliver's breast. It had had plenty of room to expand, thanks...  Oliver Twist - 24. lappuseautors: Charles Dickens - 1869Pilnskats - Par šo grāmatu
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1837 - 698 lapas
...a good sturdy spirit in Oliver's breast : it had had plenty of room to expand, thanks to the spare diet of the establishment ; and perhaps to this circumstance may be attributed his having any eighth birth-day at all. Be this as it may, however, it was his eighth birth-day ; and he was keeping... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1843 - 452 lapas
...a good sturdy spirit in Oliver's breast: it had had plenty of room to expand , thanks to the spare diet of the establishment; and perhaps to this circumstance may be attributed his having any ninth hirth-day at all. Be this as it may, however, it was his ninth hirth-day; and he was keeping it in... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1846 - 380 lapas
...a good sturdy spirit in Oliver's breast. It had had plenty of room to expand, tha,nks to the spare diet of the establishment; and perhaps to this circumstance...been locked up therein for atrociously presuming to bo hungry, when Mrs. Mann, the good lady of the house, was unexpectedly startled by the apparition... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1849 - 808 lapas
...implanted a good sturdy Spirit in Oliver's breast ; it had plenty of room to expand, thanks to the spare diet of the establishment; and perhaps to this circumstance may be attributed his having any eighth birth-day at all. Be this as it may, however it was his eighth birth-day; and he was keeping... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1856 - 198 lapas
...implanted a good sturdy spirit in Oliver's breast ; it had plenty of room to expand, thanks to the spare diet of the establishment ; and perhaps to this circumstance may be attributed his having any eighth birth-day at all The room in which the boys were fed, was a large stone hall, with a copper... | |
 | 1864 - 694 lapas
...implanted a good sturdy spirit in Oliver's breast. It had lad plenty of room to expand, thanks to the spare diet of the establishment ; and perhaps to this circumstance may be attributed his having any ninth birthda*at all These strong strictures expose an inhuman " system " which did un'ioubtedly prevail,... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1867 - 290 lapas
...implanted a good sturdy spirit in Oliver's breast. It had plenty of room to expand, thanks to the spare diet of the establishment ; and perhaps to this circumstance...be attributed his having any ninth birthday at all. master, dressed in an apron for the purpose, and assisted by one or two women, ladled the gruel at... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1871 - 218 lapas
...implanted a good sturdy spirit in Oliver's breast. It had had plenty of room to expand, thanks to the spare diet of the establishment ; and perhaps to this circumstance...gentlemen, who, after participating with him in a sound thrashing, had been locked up for atrociously presuming to be hungry, when Mrs. Mann, the good lady... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1872 - 194 lapas
...implanted a good sturdy spirit in Oliver's breast. It had had plenty room to expand, thanks to the spare diet of the establishment ; and perhaps to this circumstance may be attributed his haviug any ninth birthday at all. Be this as it may, however, it was his ninth birthday ; and he was... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1874 - 574 lapas
...room to expand, thanks to the spare diet of the establishment ; and perhaps to this cir-' cumstance may be attributed his having any ninth birthday at...gentlemen, who, after participating with him in a sound thrashing, had been locked up therein for atrociously presuming to be hungry, when Mrs. Mann, the good... | |
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