All 9 Uses of
melancholy
in
Oliver Twist
- 'There's an expression of melancholy in his face, my dear,' resumed Mr. Sowerberry, 'which is very interesting.†
Chpt 5 *
- There was a back-garret window with rusty bars outside, which had no shutter; and out of this, Oliver often gazed with a melancholy face for hours together; but nothing was to be descried from it but a confused and crowded mass of housetops, blackened chimneys, and gable-ends.†
Chpt 18
- The melancholy which had seemed to the sad eyes of the anxious boy to hang, for days past, over every object, beautiful as all were, was dispelled by magic.†
Chpt 34
- 'Not to press me to alter my right determination,' replied Rose, with a melancholy smile; 'it will be useless.'†
Chpt 35
- Nor was Mr. Bumble's gloom the only thing calculated to awaken a pleasing melancholy in the bosom of a spectator.†
Chpt 37
- As Mr. Bumble spoke, he made a melancholy feint of grasping his lantern with fierce determination; and plainly showed, by the alarmed expression of every feature, that he did want a little rousing, and not a little, prior to making any very warlike demonstration: unless, indeed, against paupers, or other person or persons trained down for the purpose.†
Chpt 38
- If he ran, it followed—not running too: that would have been a relief: but like a corpse endowed with the mere machinery of life, and borne on one slow melancholy wind that never rose or fell.†
Chpt 48
- 'Well, I thought you'd have been a little more glad to see me than this,' replied Mr. Chitling, with a melancholy air.†
Chpt 50
- …and becoming attached to him, more and more, as his nature developed itself, and showed the thriving seeds of all he wished him to become—how he traced in him new traits of his early friend, that awakened in his own bosom old remembrances, melancholy and yet sweet and soothing—how the two orphans, tried by adversity, remembered its lessons in mercy to others, and mutual love, and fervent thanks to Him who had protected and preserved them—these are all matters which need not to be told.†
Chpt 53
Definition:
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(melancholy) a sad feeling or manner -- sometimes thoughtfully sad