...nsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, fo... ... charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania Sta... ...tion project to bring classical works of literature, in En- glish, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Man... ...pchin, my son is six years old, and there is no doubt, I fear, that in his studies he is behind many children of his age—or his youth,’ said Mr Dombey... ...nd the different form of life he would lead at Doc- tor Blimber’s, and the studies he would have to master, would very soon prove sufficient alienatio... ...in office as general su- perintendent and overseer of his son, pending his studies at Brighton; and having kissed Paul, and shaken hands with Flo- ren... ...oints of interest about her. For this reason he smiled on her with so much urbanity, and asked her how she did, so often, in the course of her visits ... ...n his eye, emboldened 244 Dombey & Son and incited by Mr Carker’s smiling urbanity , that he felt him- self in as fair a condition to put the questio... ...hat Mrs Skewton, in spite of her ecstasies, and Mr Carker, in spite of his urban- ity, were both intent on watching Mr Dombey and Edith. With all thei...

...Excerpt: Dombey sat in the corner of the darkened room in the great arm-chair by the bedside, and Son lay tucked up warm in a little basket bedstead, carefully disposed on a low settee immediately in front of the fire and close to it, as if his constitution were analogous to that of a muffin, and it was essential to t...