Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
Charles John Huffam Dickenswas an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the twentieth century critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories enjoy lasting popularity...
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth7 February 1812
below bound calendar charitable christmas consent creatures fellow good hearts men open passengers people race seem time women
I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round, as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they really were fellow passengers to the grave, and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys.
bless christmas god good hearts men open pleasant seem time women
I have always thought of Christmas as a good time; a kind, forgiving, generous, pleasant time; a time when men and women seem to open their hearts freely, and so I say, God bless Christmas!
lead night precious time
Lead on! said Scrooge. ""Lead on! The night is waning fast, and it is precious time to me, I know. Lead on, Spirit!
girl boys hard-times
Now, what I want is Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else. You can only form the minds of reasoning animals upon Facts; nothing else will ever be of any service to them.
time
There is never enough time to do or say all the things that we would wish; The thing is to do as much as you can in the time that you have
regret hard-times long
There was a long hard time when I kept far from me the remembrance of what I had thrown away when I was quite ignorant of its worth.
time son boys
A boy's story is the best that is ever told.
inspirational time cities
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.
hard-times roots facts
Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else.
hard-times facts want
Now, what I want is, Facts. . . . Facts alone are wanted in life.
time secret-places hands
Old Time, that greatest and longest established spinner of all!... his factory is a secret place, his work is noiseless, and his Hands are mutes.
time littles twenties
Take a little timecount five-and-twenty,Tattycoram.
long wit long-time
Scattered wits take a long time in picking up.
although road thee time
Although it's a long time on the road, it is on the road and coming. I tell thee it never retreats, and never stops.