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1 There was duty to be done, and it was done, but not harshly.
Great ExpectationsBy Charles Dickens ContextHighlight In Chapter LVI
2 It's something to have seen the object of one's love and duty for even so short a time.
Great ExpectationsBy Charles Dickens ContextHighlight In Chapter XI
3 The dear little thing," returned Herbert, "holds dutifully to her father as long as he lasts; but he won't last long.
Great ExpectationsBy Charles Dickens ContextHighlight In Chapter LV
4 Some hopeful notion of seeing her, busily engaged in her daily duties, before she saw me, had been in my mind and was defeated.
Great ExpectationsBy Charles Dickens ContextHighlight In Chapter LVIII
5 But he was ever ready to listen to me; and it became the first duty of my life to say to him, and read to him, what I knew he ought to hear.
Great ExpectationsBy Charles Dickens ContextHighlight In Chapter LVI
6 I found Miss Sarah Pocket still on duty at the gate; I found Miss Havisham just as I had left her, and she spoke of Estella in the very same way, if not in the very same words.
Great ExpectationsBy Charles Dickens ContextHighlight In Chapter XVII
7 The responsible duty of making the toast was delegated to the Aged, and that excellent old gentleman was so intent upon it that he seemed to me in some danger of melting his eyes.
Great ExpectationsBy Charles Dickens ContextHighlight In Chapter XXXVII
8 It was a smooth way of going on, perhaps, in respect of saving trouble; but it had the appearance of being expensive, for the servants felt it a duty they owed to themselves to be nice in their eating and drinking, and to keep a deal of company down stairs.
Great ExpectationsBy Charles Dickens ContextHighlight In Chapter XXIII