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1  Upon which Mrs. Pocket received me with an appearance of amiable dignity.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In Chapter XXII
2  I had not been mistaken in my fancy that there was a simple dignity in him.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In Chapter XXVII
3  Mrs. Pocket's dignity was so crushing, that I felt quite abashed, as if I myself had done something to rouse it.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In Chapter XXIII
4  Utterly preposterous as his cravat was, and as his collars were, I was conscious of a sort of dignity in the look.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In Chapter XXVII
5  She said it so finally, and in such an undiscussible way, that Mr. Pumblechook, though in a condition of ruffled dignity, could not protest.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In Chapter VIII
6  "I am glad to have your approbation, gentlemen," said Mr. Waldengarver, with an air of dignity, in spite of his being ground against the wall at the time, and holding on by the seat of the chair.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In Chapter XXXI
7  Mr. Wopsle, conceding his fin with a gracious dignity, was immediately shoved into a dusty corner, while everybody danced a hornpipe; and from that corner, surveying the public with a discontented eye, became aware of me.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In Chapter XLVII
8  While Mrs. Pocket tripped up the family with her footstool, read her book of dignities, lost her pocket-handkerchief, told us about her grandpapa, and taught the young idea how to shoot, by shooting it into bed whenever it attracted her notice.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In Chapter XXXIV