Sublime

Look, for instance, at the scene in which David Copperfield is unjustly suspected of eating the mutton chops; or the scene in which Pip, in Great Expectations, coming back from Miss Havisham’s house and finding himself completely unable to describe what he has seen, takes refuge in a series of outrageous lies—which, of course, are eagerly believed.

plunged in an abyss of dismal reflection—a

Thus I began my new life, in a new name, and with everything new about me.

He was but a poor man himself, said Peggotty, but as good as gold and as true as steel—those were her similes.

for, between ourselves, I flatter myself he is an original, and I am rather proud of him.'

vigorous tenacity of love, always so much stronger than hate,

Upon the whole it is not so bad a thing to be a commoner.