--- title: "6 Chimneys Quotes By Charles Dickens" description: "6 Chimneys quotes by Charles Dickens. Plus more from Charles Dickens and more Chimneys sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec1/charles-dickens-34_apartment_he-describes-it-as-a-large-apartment-wit_1356528.jpg" --- > [He describes it as a large apartment, with a red brick floor and a capacious chimney; the ceiling garnished with hams, sides…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/he-describes-it-as-a-large-apartment-with-a-red-brick-floor-and-a/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec1/charles-dickens-34_apartment_he-describes-it-as-a-large-apartment-wit_1356528.jpg) > [The sky was dark and gloomy, the air was damp and raw, the streets were wet and sloppy. The smoke hung sluggishly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/the-sky-was-dark-and-gloomy-the-air-was-damp-and-raw-the-streets-were/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/459/charles-dickens-34_air_the-sky-was-dark-and-gloomy-the-air-was_1569084.jpg) > [The rain and hail pattered against the glass; the chimneys quaked and rocked; the crazy casement rattled with the wind, as though…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/the-rain-and-hail-pattered-against-the-glass-the-chimneys-quaked-and/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21a/charles-dickens-34_chimneys_the-rain-and-hail-pattered-against-the-g_1950510.jpg) > [The clouds were flying fast, the wind was coming up in gusts, banging some neighboring shutters that had broken loose, twirling the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/the-clouds-were-flying-fast-the-wind-was-coming-up-in-gusts-banging/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf2/charles-dickens-34_banging_the-clouds-were-flying-fast-the-wind-was_1972031.jpg) > [We came to the house, and it is an old house, full of great chimneys where wood is burnt on ancient dogs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/we-came-to-the-house-and-it-is-an-old-house-full-of-great-chimneys/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11b/charles-dickens-34_ancient_we-came-to-the-house-and-it-is-an-old-ho_2438725.jpg) > [Of all the ruinous and desolate places my uncle had ever beheld, this was the most so. It looked as if it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/of-all-the-ruinous-and-desolate-places-my-uncle-had-ever-beheld-this/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/524/charles-dickens-34_broken_of-all-the-ruinous-and-desolate-places-m_3019201.jpg) ## More by Charles Dickens > [“All other swindlers upon earth are nothing to the self-swindlers, and with such pretences did I cheat myself. Surely a curious thing. That I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/all-other-swindlers-upon-earth-are-nothing-to-the-self-swindlers-and/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) > [... Arthur Gride, whose bleared eyes gloated only over the outward beauties, and were blind to the spirit which reigned within, evinced - a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/arthur-gride-whose-bleared-eyes-gloated-only-over-the-outward/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) > [There can be no disparity in marriage like unsuitability of mind and purpose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/there-can-be-no-disparity-in-marriage-like-unsuitability-of-mind-and/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) > [I have tried to resign myself, and to console myself; and that, I hope, I may have done imperfectly; but what I cannot firmly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/i-have-tried-to-resign-myself-and-to-console-myself-and-that-i-hope-i/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) > [A new heart for a New Year, always!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/a-new-heart-for-a-new-year-always/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) > [“The suspense: the fearful, acute suspense: of standing idly by while the life of one we dearly love, is trembling in the balance; the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/the-suspense-the-fearful-acute-suspense-of-standing-idly-by-while-the/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) > [“Mrs. Joe was a very clean housekeeper, but had an exquisite art of making her cleanliness more uncomfortable and unacceptable than dirt itself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/mrs-joe-was-a-very-clean-housekeeper-but-had-an-exquisite-art-of/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) > [There seems a magic in the very name of Christmas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/there-seems-a-magic-in-the-very-name-of-christmas/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) > [“evening, they began to think that although he could never hope to be an Englishman, still it would be hard to visit that affliction…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/evening-they-began-to-think-that-although-he-could-never-hope-to-be/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) > [“Besides which, all that I could have said of the Story to any purpose, I had endeavoured to say in it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/besides-which-all-that-i-could-have-said-of-the-story-to-any-purpose/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) > [“The wheels rolled on, and rolled down by the Monument, and by the Tower; and by the Docks; down by Ratcliffe, and by Rotherhithe;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/the-wheels-rolled-on-and-rolled-down-by-the-monument-and-by-the-tower/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) > [“The three customers pulled off their hats to Madame Defarge, with three flourishes. She acknowledged their homage by bending her head, and giving them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/the-three-customers-pulled-off-their-hats-to-madame-defarge-with/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) > [“What a situation!' cried Miss Squeers; '...What is the reason that men fall in love with me, whether I like it or not, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/what-a-situation-cried-miss-squeers-what-is-the-reason-that-men-fall/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) > [I admire machinery as much is any man, and am as thankful to it as any man can be for what it does for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/i-admire-machinery-as-much-is-any-man-and-am-as-thankful-to-it-as-any/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) > [“Mr. Pickwick was a philosopher, but philosophers are only men in armour, after all.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/mr-pickwick-was-a-philosopher-but-philosophers-are-only-men-in-armour/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chimneys/charles-dickens/#itemlist", "name": "6 Chimneys Quotes By Charles Dickens", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "He describes it as a large apartment, with a red brick floor and a capacious chimney; the ceiling garnished with hams, sides of bacon, and ropes of onions.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charles Dickens" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/he-describes-it-as-a-large-apartment-with-a-red-brick-floor-and-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec1/charles-dickens-34_apartment_he-describes-it-as-a-large-apartment-wit_1356528.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec1/charles-dickens-34_apartment_he-describes-it-as-a-large-apartment-wit_1356528.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec1/charles-dickens-34_apartment_he-describes-it-as-a-large-apartment-wit_1356528.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“He describes it as a large apartment, with a red brick floor and a capacious chimney; the ceiling garnished…” — Charles Dickens", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The sky was dark and gloomy, the air was damp and raw, the streets were wet and sloppy. 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