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1 I found everything in a satisfactory state at the cottage; and was enabled to gratify my aunt exceedingly by reporting that the tenant inherited her feud, and waged incessant war against donkeys.
David CopperfieldBy Charles Dickens ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 39. WICKFIELD AND HEEP
2 Jugs of water, and watering-pots, were kept in secret places ready to be discharged on the offending boys; sticks were laid in ambush behind the door; sallies were made at all hours; and incessant war prevailed.
David CopperfieldBy Charles Dickens ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 13. THE SEQUEL OF MY RESOLUTION
3 The man who reviews his own life, as I do mine, in going on here, from page to page, had need to have been a good man indeed, if he would be spared the sharp consciousness of many talents neglected, many opportunities wasted, many erratic and perverted feelings constantly at war within his breast, and defeating him.
David CopperfieldBy Charles Dickens ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 42. MISCHIEF