... seas were formed to float their ships ; rainbows gave them promise of fair weather ; winds blew for or against their enterprises ; stars and planets circled in their orbits, to preserve inviolate a system of which they were the centre. Common abbreviations... Dombey and Son, Wholesale, Retail, and for Exportationper Charles Dickens - 1852Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| Charles Dickens - 1848 - 752 pągines
...system of which they were the centre. Common abbreviations took new meanings in his eyes, and had sole reference to them. AD had no concern with anno Domini, but stood for anno Dombei— and Son. Or, at all events, with one drawback. Yes. That he would have allowed. With only one; but that one... | |
| Charles Dickens - 1848 - 730 pągines
...system of which they were the centre. Common abbreviations took new meanings in his eyes, and had sole reference to them. AD had no concern with anno Domini, but stood for anno Dombei — and Sou. He had risen, as his father had before him, in the course of life and death, from Son to Dombey,... | |
| Charles Dickens - 1858 - 138 pągines
...system of which they were the centre. Common abbreviations took new meanings in his eyes, and had sole reference to them. AD had no concern with anno Domini, but stood for anno Dombei — and Son. He had been married ten years, and until this present day on which he sat jingling and jingling B 2 4 LITTLE... | |
| Charles Dickens - 1868 - 640 pągines
...system of which they were the centre. Common abbreviations took new meanings in his eyes, and had sole reference to them : AD had no concern with anno Domini,...life and death, from Son to Dombey, and for nearly ONLY ONE DRAWBACK. 3 twenty years had been the sole representative of the firm. Of those years he had... | |
| Charles Dickens - 1868 - 410 pągines
...moon were made to give them light. Common abbreviations took new meanings in his eyes, and had sole reference to them. AD had no concern with anno Domini, but stood for anno Dombei — and Son. He had been married ten years, and, until this present day on which he sat jingling his gold watch-chain in... | |
| Charles Dickens - 1873 - 376 pągines
...system of which they were the centre. Common abbreviations took new meanings in his eyes, and had sole reference to them : AD had no concern with anno Domini,...He" had risen, as his father had before him, in the courle of life and death, from Son to Dombey, and for nearly twenty years had been the sole representative... | |
| Gilbert Ashville Pierce, William Adolphus Wheeler - 1872 - 652 pągines
...moon were made to give them light. Common abbreviations took new meanings in his eyes, and had sole reference to them. AD had no concern with Anno Domini, but stood for Anno Dombei — and Son. He had been married ten years, and, until this present day on which he sat jingling his gold watch-chain in... | |
| Charles Dickens - 1873 - 584 pągines
...system of which they were the centre. Common abbreviations took new meanings in his eyes, and had sole .0 . d . Dombey &1 Son, Chap. I. ELECTION-Mr. Weller at an. " ' Oh, I know you,' says the gen'l'm'n ; ' know'd... | |
| Henry J. Fox - 1876 - 478 pągines
...system of which they were the centre. Common abbreviations took new meanings in his eyes, and had sole reference to them : AD had no concern with Anno Domini, but stood for Anno Dombei and Son." Dombey and Son, chapter i. — Variety of: Spect., No. 562; Dem. Rev., xii, 255. — "There's not one... | |
| Henry J. Fox - 1876 - 476 pągines
...centre. Common abbreviations took new meanings in his eyes, and had sole reference to them : A. I). had no concern with Anno Domini, but stood for Anno Dombei and Son." Dombey and Son, chapter!. — Variety of: Sped., No. 562; Dem. Rev., xii, 255. — "There's not one... | |
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