“ I only ask to be free. The butterflies are free. Mankind will surely not deny to Harold Skimpole what it concedes to the butterflies! ”
Charles Dickens, Bleak House (1853). copy citation
| Author | Charles Dickens |
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| Source | Bleak House |
| Topic | freedom butterflies |
| Date | 1853 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1023/1023-h/1023-h.htm |
Context
“"Now, my dear Miss Summerson, and my dear Mr. Richard," said Mr. Skimpole gaily, innocently, and confidingly as he looked at his drawing with his head on one side, "here you see me utterly incapable of helping myself, and entirely in your hands! I only ask to be free. The butterflies are free. Mankind will surely not deny to Harold Skimpole what it concedes to the butterflies!"
"My dear Miss Summerson," said Richard in a whisper, "I have ten pounds that I received from Mr. Kenge. I must try what that will do."
I possessed fifteen pounds, odd shillings, which I had saved from my quarterly allowance during several years.” source
"My dear Miss Summerson," said Richard in a whisper, "I have ten pounds that I received from Mr. Kenge. I must try what that will do."
I possessed fifteen pounds, odd shillings, which I had saved from my quarterly allowance during several years.” source
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