Dickens

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    The civility which money will purchase, is rarely extended to those who have none.
    —Charles Dickens (1812–1870)

    Minerva House ... was “a finishing establishment for young ladies,” where some twenty girls of the ages from thirteen to nineteen inclusive, acquired a smattering of everything and a knowledge of nothing.
    —Charles Dickens (1812–1870)

    An inebriated elderly gentleman in the last depths of shabbiness... played the calm and virtuous old men.
    —Charles Dickens (1812–1870)