The Lamplighter

Name: The Lamplighter
Author: Charles Dickens

by Charles Dickens

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England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction Humorous stories

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‘IF you talk of Murphy and Francis Moore, gentlemen,’ said the lamplighter who was in the chair, ‘I mean to say that neither of ’em ever had any more to do with the stars than Tom Grig had.’ ‘And what had _he_ to do with ’em?’ asked the lamplighter who officiated as vice.

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Text source: Project Gutenberg
Author: Charles Dickens
Language: English
Text rights: Public domain — original text
Credit: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Original public-domain text, sourced from Project Gutenberg #927. Illustrations omitted; text reformatted for reading. Source metadata: public domain in the USA; textual contributors died by 1925. Check local rights where applicable.

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