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1  A man with no hat, and with broken shoes, and with an old rag tied round his head.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In Chapter I
2  Her shoes came up at the heel, her hair grew bright and neat, her hands were always clean.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In Chapter XVII
3  Estella laughed, and looked at the shoe in her hand, and laughed again, and looked at me, and put the shoe down.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In Chapter XXIX
4  The sound of her iron shoes upon the hard road was quite musical, as she came along at a much brisker trot than usual.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In Chapter VII
5  As Estella dealt the cards, I glanced at the dressing-table again, and saw that the shoe upon it, once white, now yellow, had never been worn.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In Chapter VIII
6  I glanced down at the foot from which the shoe was absent, and saw that the silk stocking on it, once white, now yellow, had been trodden ragged.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In Chapter VIII
7  Sitting near her, with the white shoe, that had never been worn, in her hand, and her head bent as she looked at it, was an elegant lady whom I had never seen.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In Chapter XXIX
8  The last I saw of them was, when I presently heard a scuffle behind me, and looking back, saw Joe throwing an old shoe after me and Biddy throwing another old shoe.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In Chapter XIX
9  She was most noticeable, I thought, in respect of her extremities; for, her hair always wanted brushing, her hands always wanted washing, and her shoes always wanted mending and pulling up at heel.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In Chapter VII
10  It doubled itself up the wrong way over Mrs. Pocket's arm, exhibited a pair of knitted shoes and dimpled ankles to the company in lieu of its soft face, and was carried out in the highest state of mutiny.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In Chapter XXIII
11  In the infinite meaning of his reply and his boundless confidence in his views, the Jack took one of his bloated shoes off, looked into it, knocked a few stones out of it on the kitchen floor, and put it on again.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In Chapter LIV
12  I walked away at a good pace, thinking it was easier to go than I had supposed it would be, and reflecting that it would never have done to have had an old shoe thrown after the coach, in sight of all the High Street.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In Chapter XIX
13  A figure all in yellow white, with but one shoe to the feet; and it hung so, that I could see that the faded trimmings of the dress were like earthy paper, and that the face was Miss Havisham's, with a movement going over the whole countenance as if she were trying to call to me.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In Chapter VIII