"And a bird-cage, sir, " said Sam. "Veels vithin veels, a prison in a prison. "

"Brooks of Sheffield": "'Somebody's sharp. ' 'Who is? '" asked the gentleman, laughing. I looked up quickly, being curious to know. "Only Brooks of Sheffield, " said Mr. Murdsto ...

"If the law supposes that," said Mr. Bumble, "the law is an ass, a idiot."

"It wasn't the wine, " murmured Mr. Snodgrass in a broken voice, "it was the salmon. "

"Never see a dead post-boy, did you? " inquired Sam. "No, " rejoined Bob, "I never did. " "No! " rejoined Sam triumphantly. "Nor never vill; and there's another thing that no ma ...

"There are strings, " said Mr. Tappertit, "in the human heart that had better not be wibrated. "

"Wery good power o' suction, Sammy, " said Mr. Weller the elder. "You'd ha' made an uncommon fine oyster, Sammy, if you'd been born in that station o' life."

"When a man says he's willin', " said Mr. Barkis, "it's as much as to say, that man's a-waitin' for a answer. "

'Umble we are, 'umble we have been, 'umble we shall ever be.

A friendly swarry, consisting of a boiled leg of mutton with the usual trimmings.