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1  'Copperfield,' said Mr. Murdstone.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 2. I OBSERVE
2  'That's Davy,' returned Mr. Murdstone.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 2. I OBSERVE
3  'Now, Clara my dear,' said Mr. Murdstone.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 3. I HAVE A CHANGE
4  'Jane Murdstone,' thundered Mr. Murdstone.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 4. I FALL INTO DISGRACE
5  'Go you below, my love,' said Mr. Murdstone.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 4. I FALL INTO DISGRACE
6  'Only Brooks of Sheffield,' said Mr. Murdstone.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 2. I OBSERVE
7  Quinion,' said Mr. Murdstone, 'take care, if you please.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 2. I OBSERVE
8  On one side of the fire, sat my mother; on the other, Mr. Murdstone.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 3. I HAVE A CHANGE
9  I observed all day that Mr. Murdstone was graver and steadier than the two gentlemen.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 2. I OBSERVE
10  Mr. Murdstone and I were soon off, and trotting along on the green turf by the side of the road.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 2. I OBSERVE
11  Jane Murdstone,' said Mr. Murdstone to his sister, 'any harsh words between us are, I hope, uncommon.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 4. I FALL INTO DISGRACE
12  There is no extent of mere weakness, Clara,' said Mr. Murdstone in reply, 'that can have the least weight with me.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 4. I FALL INTO DISGRACE
13  As we left her standing in the road, Mr. Murdstone came up to where she was, and seemed to expostulate with her for being so moved.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 2. I OBSERVE
14  Mr. Murdstone was firm; nobody in his world was to be so firm as Mr. Murdstone; nobody else in his world was to be firm at all, for everybody was to be bent to his firmness.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 4. I FALL INTO DISGRACE
15  There seemed to be something very comical in the reputation of Mr. Brooks of Sheffield, for both the gentlemen laughed heartily when he was mentioned, and Mr. Murdstone was a good deal amused also.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 2. I OBSERVE
16  I have thought, since, that its assuming that character was a necessary consequence of Mr. Murdstone's firmness, which wouldn't allow him to let anybody off from the utmost weight of the severest penalties he could find any excuse for.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 4. I FALL INTO DISGRACE
17  So I was sent upstairs to Peggotty to be made spruce; and in the meantime Mr. Murdstone dismounted, and, with his horse's bridle drawn over his arm, walked slowly up and down on the outer side of the sweetbriar fence, while my mother walked slowly up and down on the inner to keep him company.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 2. I OBSERVE
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