I do not know the American gentleman, God forgive me for putting two such words together. – Charles Dickens
A man in public life expects to be sneered at — it is the fault of his elevated situation, and not of himself. – Charles Dickens

I do not know the American gentleman, God forgive me for putting two such words together. – Charles Dickens
A man in public life expects to be sneered at — it is the fault of his elevated situation, and not of himself. – Charles Dickens
The weathercocks on spires and housetops were mysterious with hints of stormy wind, and pointed, like so many ghostly fingers, out to dangerous seas…. – Charles Dickens
It is not easy to walk alone in the country without musing upon something. – Charles Dickens