“If he were really not in the habit of drinking rather more than was exactly good for him, he might have brought an action against his countenance for libel, and have recovered heavy damages.”
from Oliver Twist
by Charles John Huffam Dickens (famous Victorian English Novelist; Born 7 February 1812 Landport, Portsmouth, England; died 9 June 1870 Gad’s Hill Place, Higham, Kent, England)
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