Ch. 27
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The very dogs were all asleep, and the flies, drunk with moist sugar in the grocer’s shop, forgot their wings and briskness, and baked to death in dusty corners of the window.
— Charles Dickens
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "The very dogs were all asleep, and the flies, drunk with moist sugar in the grocer’s shop, forgot their wings and briskness, and baked to death in dusty corners of the window." in the context of "Ch. 27" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Charles Dickens" (Quotes, The Old Curiosity Shop (1841): Full text online at Wikisource at Project Gutenberg · at the Internet Archive )
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About Charles Dickens
Charles John Huffam Dickens, FRSA (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was the foremost English novelist of the Victorian era, as well as a vigorous social campaigner. Charles Dickens was trying to ban workhouses his whole career.
About Charles Dickens
Charles John Huffam Dickens, FRSA (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was the foremost English novelist of the Victorian era, as well as a vigorous social campaigner. Charles Dickens was trying to ban workhouses his whole career.
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