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'Can't you look at the gentleman, you obstinate boy? said Mrs. Mann. The child meekly raised his eyes, and encountered those of Mr. Bumble. 'What's the matter with you, porochial Dick? inquired Mr. Bumble, with well-timed jocularity. 'Nothing, sir, replied the child faintly. 'I should think not, said Mrs. Mann, who had of course laughed very much at Mr. Bumble's humour.
Buster Bumblebee had promised to come to the party. And Daddy wanted to be present when the two cousins, Buster Bumblebee and Joseph Bumble, met with Betsy Butterfly right there to watch them. IT happened just as Chirpy Cricket had expected. Betsy Butterfly arrived at the party with her admirer, Joseph Bumble, buzzing close behind her.
Bumble, he said at length, 'there's no denying that, since the new system of feeding has come in, the coffins are something narrower and more shallow than they used to be; but we must have some profit, Mr. Bumble. Well-seasoned timber is an expensive article, sir; and all the iron handles come, by canal, from Birmingham. 'Well, well, said Mr. Bumble, 'every trade has its drawbacks.
I knew we should! I was certain of it. Bless his heart! I said so all along. Having heard this, the worthy old lady hurried back into the parlour again; and seating herself on a sofa, burst into tears. The girl, who was not quite so susceptible, had run upstairs meanwhile; and now returned with a request that Mr. Bumble would follow her immediately: which he did.
Bumble, drawing himself up, 'whether the Clerkinwell Sessions will not find themselves in the wrong box before they have done with me. 'Oh! you mustn't be too hard upon them, sir, said Mrs. Mann, coaxingly. 'The Clerkinwell Sessions have brought it upon themselves, ma'am, replied Mr.
In other cases it is due to a certain habit of reading books under the eye of a conventional critic, admiring what we expect to admire, regretting what we are told to regret, waiting for Mr. Bumble to admire him, waiting for Little Nell to despise her. Surely the vilest point of human vanity is exactly that; to ask to be admired for admiring what your admirers do not admire.
Corney, we have given away a matter of twenty quartern loaves and a cheese and a half, this very blessed afternoon; and yet them paupers are not contented. 'Of course not. When would they be, Mr. Bumble? said the matron, sipping her tea. 'When, indeed, ma'am! rejoined Mr. Bumble.
Snodgrass or the humiliations of Mr. Winkle. The difference between the old easy humour and this new harsh humour is a difference not of degree but of kind. Dickens makes game of Mr. Bumble because he wants to kill Mr. Bumble; he made game of Mr. Winkle because he wanted him to live for ever. Dickens has taken the sword in hand; against what is he declaring war?
Kiss her! exclaimed Mr. Bumble, in strong indignation. 'Faugh! 'I didn't mean to do it! said Noah, blubbering. 'She's always a-kissing of me, whether I like it, or not. 'Oh, Noah, cried Charlotte, reproachfully. 'Yer are; yer know yer are! retorted Noah. 'She's always a-doin' of it, Mr. Bumble, sir; she chucks me under the chin, please, sir; and makes all manner of love!
Don't spare him, Bumble. 'No, I will not, sir, replied the beadle. And the cocked hat and cane having been, by this time, adjusted to their owner's satisfaction, Mr. Bumble and Noah Claypole betook themselves with all speed to the undertaker's shop. Here the position of affairs had not at all improved.
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