“ We are not so richly endowed in possessions as in age ”
Charles Dickens, The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1870). copy citation
| Author | Charles Dickens |
|---|---|
| Source | The Mystery of Edwin Drood |
| Topic | age possession |
| Date | 1870 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/564/564-h/564-h.htm |
Context
“Sapsea makes his obeisance, and is instantly stricken far more ecclesiastical than any Archbishop of York or Canterbury.
‘You are evidently going to write a book about us, Mr. Jasper,’ quoth the Dean; ‘to write a book about us. Well! We are very ancient, and we ought to make a good book. We are not so richly endowed in possessions as in age; but perhaps you will put that in your book, among other things, and call attention to our wrongs.’
Mr. Tope, as in duty bound, is greatly entertained by this.
‘I really have no intention at all, sir,’ replies Jasper, ‘of turning author or archæologist.”
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