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1  'Twelve miles down the river, and cut to pieces besides,' replied Bumble, recoiling at the thought.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
2  A damp mist rose from the river, and the marshy ground about; and spread itself over the dreary fields.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXI
3  In the heart of this cluster of huts; and skirting the river, which its upper stories overhung; stood a large building, formerly used as a manufactory of some kind.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
4  The steps to which the girl had pointed, were those which, on the Surrey bank, and on the same side of the bridge as Saint Saviour's Church, form a landing-stairs from the river.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XLVI
5  A mist hung over the river, deepening the red glare of the fires that burnt upon the small craft moored off the different wharfs, and rendering darker and more indistinct the murky buildings on the banks.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XLVI
6  It was a collection of mere hovels: some, hastily built with loose bricks: others, of old worm-eaten ship-timber: jumbled together without any attempt at order or arrangement, and planted, for the most part, within a few feet of the river's bank.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
7  Before the dawn of morning, before this river wakes to the first glimpse of day-light, you shall be placed as entirely beyond the reach of your former associates, and leave as utter an absence of all trace behind you, as if you were to disappear from the earth this moment.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In CHAPTER XLVI