Pickwick Papers (1836-37) [ Places ]
… men have undergone in these same rooms? How many vain pleaders for mercy, do you think, have turned away heart-sick from the lawyer’s office, to find a resting-place in the Thames, or a refuge in the jail? They are no ordinary … There is not a panel in the old wainscotting, but what, if it were endowed with the powers of speech and memory, could start from the wall, and tell its tale of horror—the romance of life, Sir, the romance of life! Common-place as they may … at home without going half a mile for it; only people never think of it.’ ‘I never thought of the romance of this particular subject before, certainly,’ said Mr. Pickwick, laughing. ‘To be sure you didn’t,’ said the little old man; ‘of …
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