"The coffee was boiling over a charcoal fire,……" — Charles Dickens
"The coffee was boiling over a charcoal fire, and large slices of bread and butter were piled one upon the other like deals in a lumber yard."
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667 Quotes by Charles Dickens
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Repression is the only lasting philosophy. The dark deference of fear and slavery, my friend, will keep the dogs obedient…
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If ever household affections and loves are graceful things, they are graceful in the poor. The ties that bind the…
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I believe the spreading of Catholicism to be the most horrible means of political and social degradation left in the…
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The New Testament is the very best book that ever was or ever will be known in the world.
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And can it be that in a world so full and busy the loss of one creature makes a void…
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The first rule of business is: Do other men for they would do you
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This is a world of action, and not moping and droning in.
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A merry Christmas to everybody! A happy New Year to the world!
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In love of home, the love of country has its rise.
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Father Time is not always a hard parent and though he tarries for none of his children, often lays his…
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It was darkly rumoured that the butler, regarding him with favour such as that stern man had never shown before…
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"What is your best, your very best, ale a glass?" "Two pence halfpenny," says the landlord, "is the price of…
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In general I was a good kid. It usually took a lot to make me mad. But once I reached…
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Instead of boiling up individuals into the species, I would draw a chalk circle round every individuality, and preach to…
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The smell of coffee cooking was a reason for growing up, because children were never allowed to have it and…
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I think egg boiling is the hardest thing I've ever done, but I can make a tiramisu anytime you want.
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This discipline and rough treatment are a furnace to extract the silver from the dross. This testing purifies the gold…
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One evening, when I was yet in my nurse's arms, I wanted to touch the tea urn, which was boiling…
— John Ruskin
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Running gives me a clearer perspective on the world ... I've always seen the world by running, and that has…
— Grete Waitz
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Karate is like boiling water: without heat, it returns to it's tepid state
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That devilish Iron Horse, whose ear-rending neigh is heard throughout the town, has muddied the Boiling Spring with his foot,…
— Henry David Thoreau
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I had a creative hot streak in the 1940s and since then I’ve been pot boiling.
— Stephen Shore
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The best ideas aren't hidden in shadowy recesses. They're right in front of us, hidden in plain sight. Innovation seldom…
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