1 I have attained the dignity of twenty-one.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContextHighlight In CHAPTER 43. ANOTHER RETROSPECT 2 But this is a sort of dignity that may be thrust upon one.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContextHighlight In CHAPTER 43. ANOTHER RETROSPECT 3 The Captain never lost dignity, from having his ears boxed with the Latin Grammar.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContextHighlight In CHAPTER 4. I FALL INTO DISGRACE 4 He said it was no derogation from a man's dignity to confess that I was a devilish good fellow.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContextHighlight In CHAPTER 24. MY FIRST DISSIPATION 5 She rose with an air of dignity to leave the room, when Mr. Peggotty signified that it was needless.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContextHighlight In CHAPTER 32. THE BEGINNING OF A LONG JOURNEY 6 We all felt that we had a part in the management of the place, and in sustaining its character and dignity.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContextHighlight In CHAPTER 16. I AM A NEW BOY IN MORE SENSES THAN ONE 7 Exactly at the expiration of the quarter of an hour, they reappeared with no less dignity than they had disappeared.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContextHighlight In CHAPTER 41. DORA'S AUNTS 8 I am sensible of having felt that a dignity attached to me among the rest of the boys, and that I was important in my affliction.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContextHighlight In CHAPTER 9. I HAVE A MEMORABLE BIRTHDAY 9 My aunt, a little ruffled by the combat, marched past them into the house, with great dignity, and took no notice of their presence, until they were announced by Janet.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContextHighlight In CHAPTER 14. MY AUNT MAKES UP HER MIND ABOUT ME 10 Mr. Dick, for a moment, looked a little disappointed; until the honour and dignity of having to take care of the most wonderful woman in the world, restored the sunshine to his face.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContextHighlight In CHAPTER 19. I LOOK ABOUT ME, AND MAKE A DISCOVERY 11 Accordingly, these little birds hopped out with great dignity; leaving me to receive the congratulations of Traddles, and to feel as if I were translated to regions of exquisite happiness.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContextHighlight In CHAPTER 41. DORA'S AUNTS 12 I well remember the sense of dignity, beauty even, with which the patient gravity of his face impressed me, when, having gradually removed his eyes from mine, he sat looking downward, leaning his forehead on his hand.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContextHighlight In CHAPTER 46. INTELLIGENCE 13 I do not think that the best embodiment of chivalry, the realization of the handsomest and most romantic figure ever imagined by painter, could have said this, with a more impressive and affecting dignity than the plain old Doctor did.
14 It was very interesting to me to see them together, not only on account of their mutual affection, but because of the strong personal resemblance between them, and the manner in which what was haughty or impetuous in him was softened by age and sex, in her, to a gracious dignity.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContextHighlight In CHAPTER 29. I VISIT STEERFORTH AT HIS HOME, AGAIN 15 I know that my aunt distressed Dora's aunts very much, by utterly setting at naught the dignity of fly-conveyance, and walking out to Putney at extraordinary times, as shortly after breakfast or just before tea; likewise by wearing her bonnet in any manner that happened to be comfortable to her head, without at all deferring to the prejudices of civilization on that subject.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContextHighlight In CHAPTER 41. DORA'S AUNTS