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Examples
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It was not with me then, as it was in later life, when I fell into the society of the Passions, and compared them with Collins and Wopsle, rather to the disadvantage of both gentlemen.
Great Expectations 2007
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Wopsle, too, took pains to present me in the worst light.
Great Expectations 2007
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“Yes,” repeated the stranger, looking round at the rest of the company with his right hand extended towards the witness, Wopsle.
Great Expectations 2007
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I repeated — when Herbert murmured in my ear, “Probably Wopsle.”
Great Expectations 2007
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We were all deeply persuaded that the unfortunate Wopsle had gone too far, and had better stop in his reckless career while there was yet time.
Great Expectations 2007
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Even after I was happily hanged and Wopsle had closed the book,
Great Expectations 2007
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Fledgeby, Lammle, Jerry Cruncher, Trabbs's boy, Wopsle, etc.etc. are human beings as seen by a master.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton Maisie Ward 1932
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It was not with me then, as it was in later life, when I fell into the society of the Passions, and compared them with Collins and Wopsle, rather to the disadvantage of both gentlemen.
Great Expectations Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1861
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Even after I was happily hanged and Wopsle had closed the book, Pumblechook sat staring at me, and shaking his head, and saying, "Take warning, boy, take warning!" as if it were a well-known fact that I contemplated murdering a near relation, provided I could only induce one to have the weakness to become my benefactor.
Great Expectations Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1861
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Wopsle, too, took pains to present me in the worst light.
Great Expectations Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1861
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