Dears

Examples

• I've always longed for lots of boys, and never had enough, now I can fill the house full and revel in the little dears to my heart's content. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• With this boy, properly managed, my dears, I could do what I couldn't with twenty of them. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Good night, my dears. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• My dears, though still young, I have had many opportunities of observing young men. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• And yet I am very much of the opinion, my dears, that he has not chosen his profession advisedly. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The fine house, my good dears, has got inside it a fine family. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Bless you both, my dears, and don't quarrel, said Mrs. Vincy, with motherly cordiality. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Lord bless you, my dears, an infant, an infant! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• My dears, here's my friend Mr. Jingle--Mr. Pickwick's friend, Mr. Jingle, come 'pon--little visit. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• When Sissy and Louisa tapped at his door, he said, without opening it, 'Not now, my dears; in the evening. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• So the children (little dears! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Well,' said the Jew, glancing slyly at Oliver, and addressing himself to the Dodger, 'I hope you've been at work this morning, my dears? Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Many thanks to ye, my dears, and when you come to be as old as I am, may others do as much for you! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• My dears, it is true, said Mr. Skimpole, is it not? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Not an instant, my dears! Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• You pretty dears, says Mr. Bucket, give us another kiss; it's the only thing I'm greedy in. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• You're a dear, a dear, the best of dears! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Very true indeed, my dears, but you are blessed with wonderful memories, and your poor cousin has probably none at all. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Poor little dears, how glad they will be to come. Jane Austen. Emma.
• You two (very young, my dears) are cousins. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• You'll never guess, my dears. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• My dears, here interrupted Mrs. Pryor, does it not strike you that your conversation for the last ten minutes has been rather fanciful? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I've--I've had my eye upon him, my dears, close--close. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Well, my dears, he said, kindly, as they went up to kiss him, I hope nothing disagreeable has happened while I have been away. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Now, hear me, my dears! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• We must know where he is, my dears; he must be found,' said the Jew greatly excited. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Their own little hands wrote up their names here, only with a pencil; but the names are here still, and the poor dears gone for ever. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Don't make a noise, my dears, her head aches. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Upwards of an hour elapsed before my guardian put his head into the room where Ada and I were sitting and said, Come in, my dears! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• We will walk that way, my dears. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.

Typed by Audrey