Word: pecksniff
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...right side. But U. S. readers who like whole-wheat will raise an eyebrow at the very first slice: "In every English-speaking country Dickens is still the great popular writer." André ' whole case for Dickens is an argumentum ad hominem. Perhaps Dickens had a streak of Pecksniff in his character but, asks Maurois, "Who hasn't?" He is sorry for Mrs. Dickens, believes that "to be a novelist's wife is truly dreadful," but thinks much should be left unsaid on both sides. As to Dickens' solacing himself with an actress, he thinks that...
...privilege. The posthumous reports of Mr. Solomon's wit may be exaggerated, but he surely told no one he was conducting an athletic organization." If the Pentecostal brethren chose to believe that he was somnolence or mendacity must be their alternatives. And Rip van Winkle must yield to Mr. Pecksniff in the fine art of spinning law suits...