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1  Mr. Bumble coughed again, and slightly smiled.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
2  'Not too strong,' replied Mr. Bumble, with a delicate cough.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
3  There was no sound within: so she coughed and listened again.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XIII
4  Here, Mr. Brownlow coughed impatiently; which appeared to afford Mr. Grimwig the most exquisite delight.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XIV
5  'That's what it is, sir,' replied the constable, coughing with great violence; for he had finished his ale in a hurry, and some of it had gone the wrong way.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXX
6  In about ten minutes' time, Mr. Fagin was seized with a fit of coughing; upon which Nancy pulled her shawl over her shoulders, and declared it was time to go.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XV
7  Apparently satisfied with his inspection, he coughed twice or thrice, and made as many efforts to open a conversation; but the girl heeded him no more than if he had been made of stone.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
8  Frightened by the menacing gestures of the two men, Oliver hastily swallowed the contents of the glass, and immediately fell into a violent fit of coughing: which delighted Toby Crackit and Barney, and even drew a smile from the surly Mr. Sikes.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXII
9  Mr. Bumble regarded Oliver's piteous and helpless look, with some astonishment, for a few seconds; hemmed three or four times in a husky manner; and after muttering something about 'that troublesome cough,' bade Oliver dry his eyes and be a good boy.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER IV
10  Master Bates nodded assent, and would have spoken, but the recollection of Oliver's flight came so suddenly upon him, that the smoke he was inhaling got entangled with a laugh, and went up into his head, and down into his throat: and brought on a fit of coughing and stamping, about five minutes long.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
11  The old gentleman was just going to say that Oliver should not go out on any account; when a most malicious cough from Mr. Grimwig determined him that he should; and that, by his prompt discharge of the commission, he should prove to him the injustice of his suspicions: on this head at least: at once.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XIV