Nubbles

Christopher Nubbles had ever been, to make duties of their inclinations in matters of more doubtful propriety, and to take great credit for the self – denial with which they gratify themselves.

The Old Curiosity Shop 2007

He had scarcely bestowed upon him his blessing, and followed it with a general remark touching the present state and prospects of the weather, when, lifting up his eyes, he beheld the single gentleman of Bevis Marks in earnest conversation with Christopher Nubbles.

The Old Curiosity Shop 2007

Now she seldom smiled or sang, and among the few bits of comedy in her sad days, were the visits of Kit Nubbles, her grandfather's errand boy, a shock-headed, shambling, comical lad, whose devotion to the beautiful child verged on worship.

Ten Girls from Dickens Kate Dickinson Sweetser

Kit Nubbles is a humbler hero, but he is a hero; when he is good he is very good.

Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens 1905

The remainder of that day, and the whole of the next, were a busy time for the Nubbles family, to whom everything connected with Kit's outfit and departure was matter of as great moment as if he had been about to penetrate into the interior of Africa, or to take a cruise round the world.

Ten Boys from Dickens Kate Dickinson Sweetser 1903

Nubbles, a shock-headed, shambling, awkward, devoted lad, the only element of cheerfulness that ever came into her life.

Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 Charles Dudley Warner 1864

= Nubbles = (_Mrs. _), a poor widow woman, who was much given to going to

Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 Ebenezer Cobham Brewer 1853

Nell, is that of a lad named Kit [Nubbles], employed in the curiosity shop, who adored Nell as “an angel.”

Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 Ebenezer Cobham Brewer 1853

_Christopher_ or _Kit Nubbles_, her son, the servant in attendance on little Nell, whom he adored.

Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 Ebenezer Cobham Brewer 1853

The remainder of that day and the whole of the next were a busy time for the Nubbles family, to whom everything connected with Kit's outfit and departure was matter of as great moment as if he had been about to penetrate into the interior of Africa, or to take a cruise round the world.

The Old Curiosity Shop Charles Dickens 1841