Also saw John Lithgow's "Micawber" about the painting squirrel, which I remember from the library as being kind of cute. From Wordnik.com. [Daily Round-Up] Reference
He was more than just a drunk, the father; he was a kind of Micawber, a lawyer with big ideas and inventions that didn't sell. From Wordnik.com. Reference
The one quoted by Micawber was naturally one of Captain. From Wordnik.com. [Charles Dickens and Music] Reference
‘I never will desert you, Micawber!’ she exclaimed. From Wordnik.com. [David Copperfield] Reference
The very voice (drastically cut short) of Micawber himself!. From Wordnik.com. [The Death of the Moth, and other essays] Reference
‘They have never understood you, Micawber,’ said his wife. From Wordnik.com. [David Copperfield] Reference
‘If not for their sakes; for mine, Micawber,’ said his wife. From Wordnik.com. [David Copperfield] Reference
Logan Fox of Micawber Books is in a slightly different situation. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-01-03] Reference
Morfin, hums melodiously, and Micawber, who can both sing and hum. From Wordnik.com. [Charles Dickens and Music] Reference
Or Dickens had worried about getting Micawber-speak into Japanese?. From Wordnik.com. [Why translators deserve some credit] Reference
Result, in a Micawber sense: relative happiness, plus sighs of relief. From Wordnik.com. [Evening Standard almost in profit after going free] Reference
Micawber, of course, was confined to the King's Bench Debtors 'Prison. From Wordnik.com. [Restoring Ontario's Economic Strength] Reference
Micawber on the Bridge could not be routed as long as Bonar Law and Lloyd. From Wordnik.com. [The Masques of Ottawa] Reference
‘Micawber,’ said his wife, in a low tone, ‘at such a time as this —’. From Wordnik.com. [David Copperfield] Reference
The policy is of the Micawber school, hoping that “something will turn up”. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » What Syria Policy?] Reference
Perhaps the marvellous talents of the Micawber family entitle them to first place. From Wordnik.com. [Charles Dickens and Music] Reference
‘The loss, Micawber,’ observed his wife, ‘has been my family’s, not yours. From Wordnik.com. [David Copperfield] Reference
We returned to our old camps, and waited, like Micawber, "for something to turn up.". From Wordnik.com. [History of Kershaw's Brigade] Reference
Micawber could both sing and hum, and when music failed him he fell back on quotations. From Wordnik.com. [Charles Dickens and Music] Reference
This is the man whom Dickens has immortalized in fiction in the familiar figure of Micawber. From Wordnik.com. [A Fleece of Gold; Five Lessons from the Fable of Jason and the Golden Fleece] Reference
Micawber, may exclaim: "The Spirit of my Creator is inherent within me -- and yet I am not HE!". From Wordnik.com. [The Kybalion A Study of The Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece] Reference
And, again, while Micawber may be said to be Dickens, yet Dickens is not identical with Micawber. From Wordnik.com. [The Kybalion A Study of The Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece] Reference
There he sits, and fishes, and fishes, and fishes, and like Micawber, waits for something to "turn-up.". From Wordnik.com. [Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales] Reference
Miss Micawber I found made snug for stormy weather, in the same manner; with nothing superfluous about her. From Wordnik.com. [David Copperfield] Reference
Micawber might express it -- than the cleansing of pots and pans, the weekly wash, or the watching of the roast. From Wordnik.com. [Debate on Woman Suffrage in the Senate of the United States, 2d Session, 49th Congress, December 8, 1886, and January 25, 1887] Reference
Captain Cuttle is almost as full of melody as Micawber, though his repertoire is chiefly confined to naval ditties. From Wordnik.com. [Charles Dickens and Music] Reference
Micawber, Oliver Twist, Uriah Heep -- is it Dickens, or have each of these characters a personal spirit, independent of their creator?. From Wordnik.com. [The Kybalion A Study of The Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece] Reference
In November, Alastair Darling said the economy would shrink just 2%, but predicted, Micawber-style, that it would turn up in mid-2009. From Wordnik.com. [What to expect in the Budget] Reference
The risks are great and will escalate as the policy extends, especially as Brown seems intent on playing Micawber until the bitter end. From Wordnik.com. [Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me] Reference
Micawber and the snobbish, essentially obsequious Dorrit were the same man. From Wordnik.com. [Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens] Reference
And indeed, if a Micawber had been wanting, Mary knew where to look for him. From Wordnik.com. [Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 13 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Lovers] Reference
Neither Wolfe nor Washington had played Micawber, but had created opportunities. From Wordnik.com. [Charles Carleton Coffin War Correspondent, Traveller, Author, and Statesman] Reference
But to her any work was preferable to waiting, Micawber-like, for something better to turn up. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Wollstonecraft] Reference
"The fact is," said Ukridge, with a Micawber-like burst of candor, "we are going to keep fowls.". From Wordnik.com. [Love Among the Chickens A Story of the Haps and Mishaps on an English Chicken Farm] Reference
Micawber family passed them in a bus, going, I suppose, to accompany the blighted Wilkins to gaol. From Wordnik.com. [Shawl-Straps A Second Series of Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag] Reference
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