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... Nicholas Nickleby, containing a Faithful Account of the Fortunes, Misfortunes, Uprisings, Downfallings and Complete Career of the Nickelby Family by Charles Dickens....

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...nes, Uprisings, Downfallings and Complete Career of the Nickelby Family by Charles Dickens A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication THE LI... ...isings, Downfallings and Complete Career of the Nickelby Family by Charles Dickens A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication THE LIFE AND A... ...nes, Uprisings, Downfallings and Complete Career of the Nickelby Family by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Penn- sylvania State University. T... ...isings, Downfallings and Complete Career of the Nickelby Family by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Penn- sylvania State University. This Port... ...isings, Downfallings and Complete Career of the Nickelby Family by Charles Dickens, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Jim... ...serving the confidence of the pub- lic; and that it deems the whole Muffin system alike prejudi- cial to the health and morals of the people, and subv... ...se of a muffin boy , who having been exposed to this inhuman and barbarous system for no less than five years, at length fell a victim to a cold in th... ...We go upon the practical mode of teaching, Nickleby; the regular education system. C-l-e-a-n, clean, verb active, to make bright, to scour. W-i-n, win... ...go far enough. There are other duties, Mr Nickleby, which a secretary to a parliamentary gentleman must never lose sight of. I should require to be cr...