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Examples
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We began the search at once; Mr. jorkins unlocking the drawers and desks, and we all taking out the papers.
David Copperfield 2007
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Availing myself of this permission, which was given with a warm shake of the hand, I sat thinking about Dora, and looking at the sunlight stealing from the chimney – pots down the wall of the opposite house, until Mr. jorkins came.
David Copperfield 2007
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Being very anxious to leave no stone unturned, I waited until Mr. Spenlow came in, and then described what had passed; giving him to understand that I was not hopeless of his being able to soften the adamantine jorkins, if he would undertake the task.
David Copperfield 2007
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I was completely bewildered between Mr. Spenlow and Mr. jorkins, as to which of them really was the objecting partner; but I saw with sufficient clearness that there was obduracy somewhere in the firm, and that the recovery of my aunt's thousand pounds was out of the question.
David Copperfield Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1917
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Availing myself of this permission, which was given with a warm shake of the hand, I sat thinking about Dora, and looking at the sunlight stealing from the chimney-pots down the wall of the opposite house, until Mr. jorkins came.
David Copperfield Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1917
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'You have mentioned this to Mr. Spenlow, I suppose?' said Mr. jorkins; when he had heard me, very restlessly, to an end.
David Copperfield Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1917
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Being very anxious to leave no stone unturned, I waited until Mr. Spenlow came in, and then described what had passed; giving him to understand that I was not hopeless of his being able to soften the adamantine jorkins, if he would undertake the task.
David Copperfield Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1917
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We began the search at once; Mr. jorkins unlocking the drawers and desks, and we all taking out the papers.
David Copperfield Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1917
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Availing myself of this permission, which was given with a warm shake of the hand, I sat thinking about Dora, and looking at the sunlight stealing from the chimney-pots down the wall of the opposite house, until Mr. jorkins came.
David Copperfield 1850
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We began the search at once; Mr. jorkins unlocking the drawers and desks, and we all taking out the papers.
David Copperfield 1850
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