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Quotation from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

“The blessing was from a young child’s lips, but it was the first that Oliver had ever heard invoked upon his head”

Charles Dickens (spoken by Narrator)

Oliver Twist, Chapter VII (Project Gutenberg #730 text)

Portrait of Charles Dickens

As Oliver runs away, his sickly friend Dick, who expects to die soon, says goodbye to him at the gate of the baby farm and blesses him.

Citation: "The blessing was from a young child’s lips, but it was the first that Oliver had ever heard invoked upon his head" — Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist, Chapter VII (Project Gutenberg #730 text). (id oliver-twist-q3)

Portrait: Dickens Gurney head, Jeremiah Gurney, Public domain.

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