[Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens]@TWC D-Link bookDombey and Son CHAPTER 4 21/25
It's all one.
Only say where you'll have it.
Up in a balloon? There you are.
Down in a bell? There you are.
D'ye want to put the North Star in a pair of scales and weigh it? He'll do it for you.' It may be gathered from these remarks that Captain Cuttle's reverence for the stock of instruments was profound, and that his philosophy knew little or no distinction between trading in it and inventing it. 'Ah!' he said, with a sigh, 'it's a fine thing to understand 'em.
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