Oliver Twist : hero of Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens.
... wanted me to pour out all my treasures, which I refuse to do. If I empty it into your capacious basket, all at one go, what shall I live with? It seems that when Dickens finished writing his Oliver Twist, he began to weep, because that was his most favourite book, and he didn't know what to do after its completion. Similarly, if I empty all my stock, I may start weeping, and to leave me like ...
... n of the costs of the Indian Army as between the War Office and the Indian taxpayer." So the Indian is asked to accept the so-called concessions in no carping spirit, not to demand more like Oliver Twist but to remember that beggars must not be choosers. But why should Englishmen interested in India be so anxious to confer concessions on Indians who in their present self-respecting mood are not ...
... "Your Face", Sun-Blossoms , p. 2. × A character in Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist . ...
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