1 You never do anything else, except your work.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContextHighlight In CHAPTER 8. MY HOLIDAYS. ESPECIALLY ONE HAPPY AFTERNOON 2 My mother dropped her work, and arose hurriedly, but timidly I thought.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContextHighlight In CHAPTER 3. I HAVE A CHANGE 3 I saw them quite hard at work, when I looked down through the open skylight.
4 And then she stopped in her work, and looked at me, with her needle drawn out to its thread's length.
5 The best times were when she sat quietly at work in the doorway, and I sat on the wooden step at her feet, reading to her.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContextHighlight In CHAPTER 10. I BECOME NEGLECTED, AND AM PROVIDED FOR 6 After a moment of suspense, I went and kissed my mother: she kissed me, patted me gently on the shoulder, and sat down again to her work.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContextHighlight In CHAPTER 3. I HAVE A CHANGE 7 The three young women, who appeared to be very industrious and comfortable, raised their heads to look at me, and then went on with their work.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContextHighlight In CHAPTER 9. I HAVE A MEMORABLE BIRTHDAY 8 One day when Mr. Creakle kept the house from indisposition, which naturally diffused a lively joy through the school, there was a good deal of noise in the course of the morning's work.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContextHighlight In CHAPTER 7. MY 'FIRST HALF' AT SALEM HOUSE 9 My opinion is,' said Peggotty, taking her eyes from me, after a little indecision and going on with her work, 'that I never was married myself, Master Davy, and that I don't expect to be.
10 The work being now finished, the two girls, whose names I had not heard, brushed the shreds and threads from their dresses, and went into the shop to put that to rights, and wait for customers.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContextHighlight In CHAPTER 9. I HAVE A MEMORABLE BIRTHDAY 11 Steerforth and the rest to work: which is only second, in my foreboding apprehensions, to the time when the man with the wooden leg shall unlock the rusty gate to give admission to the awful Mr. Creakle.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContextHighlight In CHAPTER 5. I AM SENT AWAY FROM HOME 12 Half the establishment was writhing and crying, before the day's work began; and how much of it had writhed and cried before the day's work was over, I am really afraid to recollect, lest I should seem to exaggerate.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContextHighlight In CHAPTER 7. MY 'FIRST HALF' AT SALEM HOUSE 13 We went into a little back-parlour behind the shop, where we found three young women at work on a quantity of black materials, which were heaped upon the table, and little bits and cuttings of which were littered all over the floor.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContextHighlight In CHAPTER 9. I HAVE A MEMORABLE BIRTHDAY 14 I recall him bending his aching head, supported on his bony hand, over the book on his desk, and wretchedly endeavouring to get on with his tiresome work, amidst an uproar that might have made the Speaker of the House of Commons giddy.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContextHighlight In CHAPTER 7. MY 'FIRST HALF' AT SALEM HOUSE 15 The drawback was, that I was often sleepy at night, or out of spirits and indisposed to resume the story; and then it was rather hard work, and it must be done; for to disappoint or to displease Steerforth was of course out of the question.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContextHighlight In CHAPTER 7. MY 'FIRST HALF' AT SALEM HOUSE 16 Over the little mantelshelf, was a picture of the 'Sarah Jane' lugger, built at Sunderland, with a real little wooden stern stuck on to it; a work of art, combining composition with carpentry, which I considered to be one of the most enviable possessions that the world could afford.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContextHighlight In CHAPTER 3. I HAVE A CHANGE 17 I heard that the man with the wooden leg, whose name was Tungay, was an obstinate barbarian who had formerly assisted in the hop business, but had come into the scholastic line with Mr. Creakle, in consequence, as was supposed among the boys, of his having broken his leg in Mr. Creakle's service, and having done a deal of dishonest work for him, and knowing his secrets.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContextHighlight In CHAPTER 6. I ENLARGE MY CIRCLE OF ACQUAINTANCE Your search result possibly is over 17 sentences. If you upgrade to a VIP account, you will see up to 500 sentences for one search.