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1  'Not at all, my dear,' said Mr. Sowerberry humbly.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER V
2  'Mrs. Bolter's humble servant,' said Fagin, bowing with grotesque politeness.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XLII
3  A group of humble mourners entered the gate: wearing white favours; for the corpse was young.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
4  'I didn't know, my dear, I didn't know,' replied Fagin, humbly; for the Jew was the new comer.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XV
5  Hard by, was a little churchyard; not crowded with tall unsightly gravestones, but full of humble mounds, covered with fresh turf and moss: beneath which, the old people of the village lay at rest.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
6  At length, he stopped in front of one, more humble in appearance and more dirty than any he had yet seen; and, having crossed over and surveyed it from the opposite pavement, graciously announced his intention of putting up there, for the night.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XLII
7  Then, if your lot had been differently cast,' rejoined Rose; 'if you had been even a little, but not so far, above me; if I could have been a help and comfort to you in any humble scene of peace and retirement, and not a blot and drawback in ambitious and distinguished crowds; I should have been spared this trial.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXXV