Oliver Twist -geography

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  1. parish
    a local church community
    For a long time after it was ushered into this world of sorrow and trouble, by the parish surgeon, it remained a matter of considerable doubt whether the child would survive to bear any name at all; in which case it is somewhat more than probable t
  2. ward
    a person who is under the protection of another
    For the combination of both these blessings in the one simple process of picking oakum, Oliver bowed low by the direction of the beadle, and was then hurried away to a large ward; where, on a rough, hard bed, he sobbed himself to sleep.
  3. quarter
    one of four equal parts
    The result was, that, after a few struggles, Oliver breathed, sneezed, and proceeded to advertise to the inmates of the workhouse the fact of a new burden having been imposed upon the parish, by setting up as loud a cry as could reasonably have been expe
  4. town
    an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
    TREATS OF THE PLACE WHERE OLIVER TWIST WAS BORN AND OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES ATTENDING HIS BIRTH

    Among other public buildings in a certain town, which for many reasons it will be prudent to refrain from mentioning, and to which I will assign no fictit
  5. sound
    mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium
    Be this as it may, however, it was his ninth birthday; and he was keeping it in the coal-cellar with a select party of two other young gentleman, who, after participating with him in a sound thrashing, had been locked up for atrociously presuming t
  6. England
    a division of the United Kingdom
    What a novel illustration of the tender laws of England!
  7. country
    the territory occupied by a nation
    For a long time after it was ushered into this world of sorrow and trouble, by the parish surgeon, it remained a matter of considerable doubt whether the child would survive to bear any name at all; in which case it is somewhat more than probable that the
Created on Fri Feb 10 13:09:20 EST 2012 (updated Fri Feb 10 13:14:00 EST 2012)

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