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The mischief of it is, too, that Dickens' humour will not bear caricaturing. The defect of his own art as a writer is that it verges itself too often on caricature. Exaggeration is its bane. When, for instance, he makes the rich alderman in "The Chimes" eat up poor Trotty Veck's little last tit-bit of tripe, we are clearly in the region of broad farce. When Mr.
They had clear, loud, lusty, sounding voices, had these Bells; and far and wide they might be heard upon the wind. For my part, I confess myself of Toby Veck's belief, for I am sure he had opportunities enough of forming a correct one. And whatever Toby Veck said, I say. In fact he was a ticket-porter, Toby Veck, and waited there for jobs.
A hard frost too, or a fall of snow, was an Event; and it seemed to do him good, somehow or other it would have been hard to say in what respect though, Toby! So wind and frost and snow, and perhaps a good stiff storm of hail, were Toby Veck's red-letter days.
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