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1  'Old clothes,' said Mr. Barkis.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 21. LITTLE EM'LY
2  'No, of course not,' retorted the Old Soldier.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 45. MR. DICK FULFILS MY AUNT'S PREDICTIONS
3  'No, no, I beg your pardon,' retorted the Old Soldier.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 16. I AM A NEW BOY IN MORE SENSES THAN ONE
4  'Many, many, many, happy returns,' said the Old Soldier.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 16. I AM A NEW BOY IN MORE SENSES THAN ONE
5  The Old Soldier was in permanent quarters under the Doctor's roof.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 45. MR. DICK FULFILS MY AUNT'S PREDICTIONS
6  'But I DO mind,' said the Old Soldier, laying her fan upon his lips.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 16. I AM A NEW BOY IN MORE SENSES THAN ONE
7  Old Tiffey soon appeared, however, and handed it to Mr. Spenlow, to look over.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 33. BLISSFUL
8  But in general she resigned herself to her mother, and went where the Old Soldier would.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 45. MR. DICK FULFILS MY AUNT'S PREDICTIONS
9  Old Tiffey, for the first time in his life I should think, was sitting on somebody else's stool, and had not hung up his hat.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 38. A DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP
10  And they were not improved, as it appeared to me, by the Old Soldier: who continually recalled passages of Mr. Jack Maldon's youth.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 16. I AM A NEW BOY IN MORE SENSES THAN ONE
11  Therefore, my dear Doctor,' said the Old Soldier, giving him several affectionate taps, 'you may command me, at all times and seasons.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 45. MR. DICK FULFILS MY AUNT'S PREDICTIONS
12  It's all over, no doubt,' said the Old Soldier, after listening; 'the dear creature has signed, sealed, and delivered, and his mind's at rest.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 45. MR. DICK FULFILS MY AUNT'S PREDICTIONS
13  Her name was Mrs. Markleham; but our boys used to call her the Old Soldier, on account of her generalship, and the skill with which she marshalled great forces of relations against the Doctor.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 16. I AM A NEW BOY IN MORE SENSES THAN ONE
14  But I remarked that the Old Soldier took him into custody directly, for her partner; and instructed him, as the first preliminary of initiation, to give her all the silver he had in his pocket.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 16. I AM A NEW BOY IN MORE SENSES THAN ONE
15  'Emma, my love,' said Mr. Micawber, clearing his throat in his magnificent way, 'my friend Mr. Thomas Traddles is so obliging as to solicit, in my ear, that he should have the privilege of ordering the ingredients necessary to the composition of a moderate portion of that Beverage which is peculiarly associated, in our minds, with the Roast Beef of Old England.'
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER 57. THE EMIGRANTS