Comments on: Dickens http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/12/dickens.html a site about everything Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:14:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sheila Ryan http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/12/dickens.html/comment-page-1#comment-324946 Sheila Ryan Sat, 27 Dec 2008 18:42:39 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=16515#comment-324946 A hideous little boy called Deputy, was he? Oh, he does fill me with glee. A hideous little boy called Deputy, was he? Oh, he does fill me with glee.

]]> By: Cooper Renner http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/12/dickens.html/comment-page-1#comment-324817 Cooper Renner Sat, 27 Dec 2008 16:07:40 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=16515#comment-324817 Oh, you are good! Very good indeed. And what lovely characters this book (pardon me) sparkles with. Truly. I bet Sheila's favorite is the stone-throwing little boy whose name escapes me at the moment. Oh, you are good! Very good indeed. And what lovely characters this book (pardon me) sparkles with. Truly.

I bet Sheila’s favorite is the stone-throwing little boy whose name escapes me at the moment.

]]> By: Sheila Ryan http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/12/dickens.html/comment-page-1#comment-324229 Sheila Ryan Fri, 26 Dec 2008 17:33:33 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=16515#comment-324229 Might you have in mind that point in Chapter 17 ("Philanthropy, Professional and Unprofessional") wherein Mr. Crisparkle says, "I may regard my profession from a point of view which teaches me that its first duty is towards those who are in necessity and tribulation, who are desolate and oppressed . . . . However, as I have quite clearly satisfied myself that it is no part of my profession to make professions, I say no more of that"? Lucky for you I have a memory like a steel trap. Might you have in mind that point in Chapter 17 (“Philanthropy, Professional and Unprofessional”) wherein Mr. Crisparkle says, “I may regard my profession from a point of view which teaches me that its first duty is towards those who are in necessity and tribulation, who are desolate and oppressed . . . . However, as I have quite clearly satisfied myself that it is no part of my profession to make professions, I say no more of that”?

Lucky for you I have a memory like a steel trap.

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