The Pickwick Papers

1. The Pickwickians 2. The first Days Journey, and the first Evenings Adventures; with their...

He always falls down when hes took out o the cab, continued the driver, but when hes in it, we...

Ah. you should keep dogs fine animals sagacious creatures dog of my own once pointer surprising...

Whether Mr. Tupman was somewhat indignant at the peremptory tone in which he was desired to pass...

Dont know never saw her in all my life cut out the doctor here goes. And the stranger forthwith...

With a doctor Doctor Slammer, of the 97th, said Mr. Winkle, wishing to make the matter appear as...

Mr. Snodgrass hastily professed himself very much obliged with the handsome offer of the gentleman...

I had had time to note these little particulars, and to mark the heavy breathing and feverish...

And and that person, too, if I am not mistaken, said the doctor, bestowing a scrutinising glance on...

Mr. Pickwick was, as our readers may have gathered from the slight extract we gave from his...

There are very few moments in a mans existence when he experiences so much ludicrous distress, or...

Thats right look sharp. Now the tongue now the pigeon pie. Take care of that veal and ham mind the...

Mr. Pickwick found that his three companions had risen, and were waiting his arrival to commence...

Its like a dream, ejaculated Mr. Pickwick, a hideous dream. The idea of a mans walking about all...

The lethargic youth contrived without any additional rousing to set out two card tables; the one...

This man had a wife and one son, who, when I first came here, was about twelve years old. Of the...

On a fine Sunday evening, in the month of August, John Edmunds set foot in the village he had left...

What are these lads for. inquired Mr. Pickwick abruptly. He was rather alarmed; for he was not...

The wickets were pitched, and so were a couple of marquees for the rest and refreshment of the...

Amidst the general hum of mirth and conversation that ensued, there was a little man with a puffy...

Mr. Pickwick, with his hands in his pockets and his hat cocked completely over his left eye, was...

Ha. exclaimed Mr. Jingle, with another start removal. remove my unhappiness, and your love bestowed...

Away ran the hostlers and the boys. The lanterns glimmered, as the men ran to and fro; the horses...

Nothing in the whole adventure, not even the upset, had disturbed the calm and equable current of...

It is painful to reflect upon the perfidy of our species; and we will not, therefore, pursue the...

Very good, very good, said the little man, observing the impression he had made. Now, the fact is,...

It was a more difficult task to take leave of the inmates of Manor Farm, from whom they had...

Every one has experienced that disagreeable state of mind, in which a sensation of bodily weariness...

She died next day. The white headed old man followed her to the grave, and the proud brothers...

Mr. Blotton, indeed and the name will be doomed to the undying contempt of those who cultivate the...

Thankee, sir, said Sam. And down he sat without further bidding, having previously deposited his...

This was a tall, thin man, with a sandy coloured head inclined to baldness, and a face in which...

Nothin at all, Sir, replied his attendant. The night afore the last day o the last election here,...

This allusion to the professional pursuits of the orator was received with a storm of delight,...

Should you. Well then, Ill tell it. No, I wont. I know you wont believe it, said the man with the...

It was a good large room with big closets, and a bed which might have served for a whole boarding...

However, Tom, I am wandering from the point. This tall man, Tom, is a rascally adventurer. The...

I never could find out, gentlemen, whether Tom did or did not kiss the widow at that particular...

The unwonted lines which momentary passion had ruled in Mr. Pickwicks clear and open brow,...

As the enthusiasm in Count Smorltorks favour ran very high, his praises might have been sung until...

Bless your innocence, sir, that aint it, replied Sam. Ven the lady and genlmn as keeps the hot el...

If I knew any respectable gentleman who would take the matter up, continued Mr. Trotter. I might...

At length the sound of feet was audible upon the stairs, and then the light of a candle shone...

A very brief conversation ensued. The door was unlocked. Mr. Pickwick stepped out of the closet,...

The next day, Nathaniel Pipkin saw old Lobbs go out upon his old gray pony, and after a great many...

What rhymes to tinkle. said Mrs. Pott, whose entrance at the moment forestalled the reply. What...

Well, and how are you, my fine fellows. said the old gentleman, shaking hands with Mr. Winkle and...

My friends are not much in the way of this sort of thing yet, Martin, said Wardle, noticing the...

Just was, sir, replied Mr. Weller, continuing his occupation of emptying the basket, and the pies...

How long this scene might have lasted, or how much Mr. Pickwick might have suffered, no one can...

I hope you are, Sir, replied Dodson; I trust you may be, Sir. If you are really innocent of what is...

Quite, Sammy, quite, replied his father, for their appearance is wery singler; besides that ere, I...

I have been to night, gentlemen, said Mr. Pickwick, hoping to start a subject which all the company...

It may be my fancy, or it may be that I cannot separate the place from the old recollections...

Although for many weeks after this, he was watched, night and day, in the wildest ravings of fever,...

The attorney named a large sum, at hazard, as the advance he should require to secure himself...

What do you think them women does tother day, continued Mr. Weller, after a short pause, during...

Why, then, said Mr. Magnus, to let you into a little secret, I think so too. I dont mind telling...

Mr. Pickwick almost fainted with horror and dismay. Standing before the dressing glass was a middle...

In a small room in the vicinity of the stableyard, betimes in the morning, which was ushered in by...

When the man had shut the green gate after him, he walked, as we have said twice already, with a...

Down they sat to breakfast, but it was evident, notwithstanding the boasting of Mr. Peter Magnus,...

Mr. Pickwick, in his turn, conscious of his own innocence and rectitude, and irritated by having...

When the executive perceived that Mr. Pickwick and his friends were disposed to resist the...

The consultation having lasted about ten minutes, Mr. Jinks retired to his end of the table; and...

Come, come, Sir, said the magistrate sternly, dont let me see any of this levity here. It is very...

Well, now, said Sam, afore these here ladies, I should jest like to ask you, as a sort of...

The pretty housemaid had stood the candle on the floor; and, as it gave a very dim light, Sam was...

To see how dreadful she takes on, going moping about, and taking no pleasure in nothing, except...

To do the red nosed man justice, he would have been very far from wise if he had entertained any...

No, my dear, he hasnt, replied Mr. Weller, lighting the pipe by the ingenious process of holding to...

Ive been asleep, right in front of the taproom fire, replied the fat boy, who had heated himself to...

Mr. Pickwick was awakened early in the morning, by a hum of voices and a pattering of feet,...

Long before Mr. Pickwick was weary of dancing, the newly married couple had retired from the scene....

A little before twilight, one Christmas Eve, Gabriel shouldered his spade, lighted his lantern, and...

And now, said the king, fantastically poking the taper corner of his sugar loaf hat into the...

Mr. Benjamin Allen was a coarse, stout, thick set young man, with black hair cut rather short, and...

It was the most intensely interesting thing, to observe the manner in which Mr. Pickwick performed...

These sequestered nooks are the public offices of the legal profession, where writs are issued,...

There never was such a pestering bankrupt as that since the world began, I do believe. said Lowten,...

Mr. Serjeant Snubbins was a lantern faced, sallow complexioned man, of about five and forty, or as...

How long has it been running. inquired Mr. Ben Allen. A bill, by the bye, is the most extraordinary...

A necklace, replied Jack Hopkins. Not all at once, you know, that would be too much you couldnt...

Mr. Pickwick found it in vain to protest his innocence, so hurried downstairs into the street,...

Wot I like in that ere style of writin, said the elder Mr. Weller, is, that there aint no callin...

If this here lasts much longer, Sammy, said Mr. Weller, in the same low voice, I shall feel it my...

Never you mind me, Sammy, replied the old gentleman; I shall ockipy myself in havin a small...

The ushers again called silence, and Mr. Skimpin proceeded to open the case; and the case appeared...

Meanwhile Mrs. Cluppins, with the combined assistance of Mrs. Bardell, Mrs. Sanders, Mr. Dodson,...

I will even go further than this, Mr. Winkle, continued Mr. Phunky, in a most smooth and complacent...

You are quite right, said Serjeant Buzfuz aloud, with affected composure. Its perfectly useless, my...

The travellers room at the White Horse Cellar is of course uncomfortable; it would be no travellers...

The friend was a charming young man of not much more than fifty, dressed in a very bright blue coat...

Stop in the tea room. Take your sixpennorth. Then lay on hot water, and call it tea. Drink it, said...

For many hundred years before that time, there had been handed down, from age to age, an old...

There was no city where Bath stands, then. There was no vestige of human habitation, or sign of...

Now, Mrs. Craddock had heard the knocking and the voices at last; and, only waiting to put...

By this time they had reached a small greengrocers shop, which Mr. John Smauker entered, followed...

No, no, said Sam. I leave all that ere to you. Its a great deal more in your way than mine, as the...

His eye fell upon a newly painted tenement which had been recently converted into something between...

Nothing, my dear boy, nothing, said Ben. You recollect Arabella, Winkle. My sister Arabella a...

I know what you mean, interposed Dowler. You feel aggrieved. Very natural. So should I. I was...

That Sam should retire, and leave Mr. Winkle in the undisturbed possession of his apartment, on the...

Into the lane where he sat, there opened three or four garden gates, belonging to as many houses,...

Whether it was the magic of Mr. Winkles name, or the coolness of the open air, or some recollection...

As Sam spoke, Mr. Pickwick, by exertions almost supernatural in a gentleman of his years and...

Mr. Winkle grasped his humble friend by the hand, and whispered in his ear, Its all right, Sam;...

Thank you, no, I shant want it; I expect I shall be out, in the course of an hour or so, replied...

The little attorney burst into a loud laugh, and returning the card to the lame man, informing him...

There, said Mr. Roker, pausing for breath when they reached another gallery of the same dimensions...

In this frame of mind he turned again into the coffee room gallery, and walked slowly to and fro....

Not a bit, replied Mr. Mivins. And he was quite right; for, so far from Mr. Smangle being any the...

After breakfasting in a small closet attached to the coffee room, which bore the imposing title of...

After this introductory preface, the three chums informed Mr. Pickwick, in a breath, that money...

There were two or three other men in the room, congregated in a little knot, and noiselessly...

It is, and has been, time out of mind, the remarkable fate of this court to be, somehow or other,...

Mr. Weller, being stout, cast himself at once into the crowd, with the desperate hope of ultimately...

The mirth of gentlemen of this class is of a grave and quiet character, usually; but the present...

But consider, Sam, Mr. Pickwick remonstrated, the sum is so small that it can very easily be paid;...

Ah, by Jove he has. replied Smangle. Hear him come the four cats in the wheel barrow four distinct...

A few mornings after his incarceration, Mr. Samuel Weller, having arranged his masters room with...

After Mrs. Weller and the red nosed gentleman had commented on this inhuman usage in a very...

Following close at his heels, came Mr. Job Trotter, in the catalogue of whose vices, want of faith...

By this time, Job had tapped at a door, which was opened by a gentleman with an uncombed head, who...

Well, Mr. Raddle, said Mrs. Bardell; Im sure you ought to feel very much honoured at you and Tommy...

Now, ladies, cried the man with the ash stick, looking into the coach, and shaking Mrs. Sanders to...

Before Mr. Pickwick could reply, before Mr. Perker had taken one twentieth part of the snuff with...

Mr. Wellers first act, on hearing this concession, was to despatch Job Trotter to the illustrious...

My dear aunt, exclaimed Mr. Ben Allen, how kind of you to look in upon us. Mr. Sawyer, aunt; my...

Mr. Martin, who, as it has already appeared, was a man of few words, looked at Sam Weller, nodded...

My uncle, gentlemen, said the bagman, was one of the merriest, pleasantest, cleverest fellows, that...

My uncle, gentlemen, could say nothing, he was so very much astonished. The queerest thing of all...

Of all the ruinous and desolate places my uncle had ever beheld, this was the most so. It looked as...

What is it, my dear. said my uncle, looking in at the coach window. The lady happened to bend...

Mr. Pickwick might very probably have reasoned himself into the belief that it really was, had he...

The postboy was driving briskly through the open streets, and past the handsome and well lighted...

Mr. Pickwick was on the point of replying to the question, and reciting Mr. Benjamin Allens name...

Although the roads were miry, and the drizzling rain came down harder than it had done yet, and...

Having given vent to this cruel ebullition of deadly malice and cold blooded triumph over a fallen...

Now, some demon of discord, flying over the Saracens Head at that moment, on casting down his eyes...

Stop a minit, replied Sam, running over the letter again, and pausing here and there, to reflect,...

The bisness, Samivel, replied the old gentleman, good vill, stock, and fixters, vill be sold by...

With these words, Mr. Pickwick gently pressed Arabellas hand, and bade her dry her eyes, and not...

That accounts for my not having received the page from the romance of real life, which he promised...

Good morning, Mr. Pickwick, said Fogg. So saying, he put his umbrella under his arm, drew off his...

Dont alarm me at the very beginning. My daughter Bella Emily having gone to bed with a headache...

Sos hers, said the fat boy. Youre her. The boy grinned to add point to the compliment, and put his...

Just as Mr. Winkle caught the bell rope in his hand, it was arrested by a general expression of...

Busy. replied Pell; Im completely sewn up, as my friend the late Lord Chancellor many a time used...

Has vispered to me, resumed his father, that it vould be better to dewote the liquor to vishin you...