If any young orphan will repeat the remainder of that simple piece from Doctor Watts's collection, an eligible opportunity now offers.' Nobody volunteered.
'This is very soothing,' said Mr Pecksniff, after a pause.

'Extremely so.

Cool and refreshing; particularly to the legs! The legs of the human subject, my friends, are a beautiful production.

Compare them with wooden legs, and observe the difference between the anatomy of nature and the anatomy of art.

Do you know,' said Mr Pecksniff, leaning over the banisters, with an odd recollection of his familiar manner among new pupils at home, 'that I should very much like to see Mrs Todgers's notion of a wooden leg, if perfectly agreeable to herself!' As it appeared impossible to entertain any reasonable hopes of him after this speech, Mr Jinkins and Mr Gander went upstairs again, and once more got him into bed.