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Quotation from Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens
“Papa, potatoes, poultry, prunes, and prism are all very good words for the lips: especially prunes and prism”
Little Dorrit, Book the Second, Ch. 5 ('Something Wrong Somewhere') (Project Gutenberg #963)
Mrs General's lesson in forming a genteel demeanour, which Amy cannot learn.
Citation: "Papa, potatoes, poultry, prunes, and prism are all very good words for the lips: especially prunes and prism" — Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit, Book the Second, Ch. 5 ('Something Wrong Somewhere') (Project Gutenberg #963). (id little-dorrit-q6)
