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  • I laughed heartily at my own jokes, and everybody else's; called Steerforth to order for not passing the wine; made several engagements to go to Oxford; announced that I meant to have a dinner-party exactly like that, once a week, until further notice; and madly took so much snuff out of Grainger's box, that I was obliged to go into the pantry, and have a private fit of sneezing ten minutes long.

    David Copperfield Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1917

  • I laughed heartily at my own jokes, and everybody else’s; called Steerforth to order for not passing the wine; made several engagements to go to Oxford; announced that I meant to have a dinner-party exactly like that, once a week until further notice; and madly took so much snuff out of Grainger’s box, that I was obliged to go into the pantry, and have a private fit of sneezing ten minutes long.

    XXIV. My First Dissipation 1917

  • I laughed heartily at my own jokes, and everybody else's; called Steerforth to order for not passing the wine; made several engagements to go to Oxford; announced that I meant to have a dinner-party exactly like that, once a week, until further notice; and madly took so much snuff out of Grainger's box, that I was obliged to go into the pantry, and have a private fit of sneezing ten minutes long.

    David Copperfield 1850

  • I laughed heartily at my own jokes, and everybody else's; called Steerforth to order for not passing the wine; made several engagements to go to Oxford; announced that I meant to have a dinner-party exactly like that, once a week, until further notice; and madly took so much snuff out of Grainger's box, that I was obliged to go into the pantry, and have a private fit of sneezing ten minutes long.

    David Copperfield Charles Dickens 1841

  • "Steerforth" had sprung from nowhere and was advancing gracefully to meet him.

    Fortitude Hugh Walpole 1912

  • I laughed heartily at my own jokes, and everybody else’s; called Steerforth to order for not passing the wine; made several engagements to go to Oxford; announced that I meant to have a dinner – party exactly like that, once a week, until further notice; and madly took so much snuff out of

    David Copperfield 2007

  • Uncertainty, it concerns the musings and frequently hilarious wonderings of the pseudonymous "Steerforth".

    Blogposts | guardian.co.uk 2010

  • Henriques/Times Books The Red Market 9 8 Scott Carney/William Morrow The Shooting Salvationist 10 New David R. Stokes/Steerforth Nielsen BookScan gathers point-of-sale book data from more than 11,000 locations across the U.S., representing about 75% of the nation's book sales.

    Best-Selling Books Week Ended July 17 2011

  • Steerforth ... are you steering in the wrong direction?

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

  • Steerforth, if all you ate for 20 years was broccoli, you would not be healthier.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

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