David Copperfield
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Printer-friendly version| Title | David Copperfield |
| Publication Type | Book |
| Pub Year | 1962 |
| Authors | Dickens, C. |
| Publisher | Signet Classics |
| Keywords | change, rationality |
| Notes |
rationality"It is a fact which will long be remembered as remarkable down there, that she was never drowned, but died triumphantly in bed, at ninety-two. I have understood that it was, to the last, her proudest boast that she never had been on the water in her life, except upon a bridge, and that over her tea (to which she was extremely partial) she, to the last, expressed her indignation at the impiety of mariners and others, who had the presumption to go 'meandering' about the world. It was in vain to represent to her that some conveniences, tea perhaps included, resulted from this objectionable practice. She always returned, with greater emphasis and with an instinctive knowledge of the strength of her objection, "Let us have no meandering." (p. 14) |