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Updated: July 8, 2025
If, in the maiden days of the Dodson sisters, their Bibles opened more easily at some parts than others, it was because of dried tulip-petals, which had been distributed quite impartially, without preference for the historical, devotional, or doctrinal.
It was at this moment, that the sound of approaching wheels was heard, and that the ladies, looking up, saw a hackney-coach stop at the garden gate. 'More company! said Mrs. Sanders. 'It's a gentleman, said Mrs. Raddle. 'Well, if it ain't Mr. Jackson, the young man from Dodson and Fogg's! cried Mrs. Bardell. 'Why, gracious! Surely Mr. Pickwick can't have paid the damages.
'I should say it did, said Mr Dodson, joyfully. 'I've been wanting that boot for years. It's like finding it in one's Christmas stocking. 'Very well, said Mr Rackstraw. 'Then let's get it fixed up. Honestly, it is but a dog's life, that of the short-story writer.
I am telling you that Dodson, of the firm of Dodson & Decker, Wall Street brokers, opened his eyes. Peabody, the confidential clerk, was standing by his chair, hesitating to speak. There was a confused hum of wheels below, and the sedative buzz of an electric fan. "Ahem! Peabody," said Dodson, blinking. "I must have fallen asleep. I had a most remarkable dream. What is it, Peabody?" "Mr.
Deane; and some persons were even of opinion that Miss Susan Dodson, who was once held to have made the worst match of all the Dodson sisters, might one day ride in a better carriage, and live in a better house, even than her sister Pullet.
A female Dodson, when in "strange houses," always ate dry bread with her tea, and declined any sort of preserves, having no confidence in the butter, and thinking that the preserves had probably begun to ferment from want of due sugar and boiling.
She was thankful to have been a Dodson, and to have one child who took after her own family, at least in his features and complexion, in liking salt and in eating beans, which a Tulliver never did.
'We shall be very happy to do so, said Fogg, rubbing his hands. 'Very, said Dodson, opening the door. 'And before I go, gentlemen, said the excited Mr. Pickwick, turning round on the landing, 'permit me to say, that of all the disgraceful and rascally proceedings 'Stay, sir, stay, interposed Dodson, with great politeness. 'Mr. Jackson! Mr. Wicks!
It is likely enough that the clever Ralph was a high liver, rode spirited horses, and was very decidedly of his own opinion. On the other hand, nobody had ever heard of a Dodson who had ruined himself; it was not the way of that family.
Serjeant Buzfuz, with a tremendous emphasis on the word 'box, smote his table with a mighty sound, and glanced at Dodson and Fogg, who nodded admiration of the Serjeant, and indignant defiance of the defendant. 'The plaintiff, gentlemen, continued Serjeant Buzfuz, in a soft and melancholy voice, 'the plaintiff is a widow; yes, gentlemen, a widow. The late Mr.
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