In which the old Man launches forth into his favourite Theme, and relates a Story about a queer Clie

           Aha!’saidtheoldman,abriefdescriptionofwhosemannerandappearanceconcludedthelastchapter,‘aha!whowastalkingabouttheinns?’

           ‘Iwas,Sir,’repliedMr.Pickwick—‘Iwasobservingwhatsingularoldplacestheyare.’

           ‘YOU!’saidtheoldmancontemptuously.‘WhatdoYOUknowofthetimewhenyoungmenshutthemselvesupinthoselonelyrooms,andreadandread,hourafterhour,andnightafternight,tilltheirreasonwanderedbeneaththeirmidnightstudies;tilltheirmentalpowerswereexhausted;tillmorning’slightbroughtnofreshnessorhealthtothem;andtheysankbeneaththeunnaturaldevotionoftheiryouthfulenergiestotheirdryoldbooks?Comingdowntoalatertime,andaverydifferentday,whatdoYOUknowofthegradualsinkingbeneathconsumption,orthequickwastingoffeverthegrandresultsof"life"anddissipationwhichmenhaveundergoneinthesesamerooms?Howmanyvainpleadersformercy,doyouthink,haveturnedawayheart-sickfromthelawyer’soffice,tofindaresting-placeintheThames,orarefugeinthejail?Theyarenoordinaryhouses,those.

Налаштування
Фон сторінки
Розмір шрифту
Міжрядковий інтервал
Фразові дієслова
Показати / Приховати меню
Шрифт
Roboto Lora
Уведомления
Сторінка 449 з 1301