The Pickwick Papers (1952)
James Hayter: Samuel Pickwick
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Quotes
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Nathaniel Winkle : Gentlemen, Mr. Jingle is the viper in our midst.
Samuel Pickwick : Viper?
Nathaniel Winkle : Viper, sir.
Tracy Tupman : Nonsense, Winkle.
Samuel Pickwick : Nonsense, Winkle.
Augustus Snodgrass : N-nonsense, Winkle.
Nathaniel Winkle : Very well, then... we shall see.
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[Pickwick is angry at Mrs. Bardell's lawyers over her breach-of-promise suit, and they are goading him]
Dodson : Perhaps you'd like to call us swindlers, sir. Pray do so if you feel disposed, ah pray do, sir.
Samuel Pickwick : I do. You ARE swindlers.
Dodson : Very good. You'd better call us thieves, sir. Perhaps you'd like to assault one of us.
Fogg : Pray do so, if you would. We would make not the slightest resistance.
Sam Weller : [realizes what's happening and steps in to save Mr. Pickwick] You just come away, sir. Battledore and shuttlecock's a *wery* good game... provided you ain't the shuttlecock and two lawyers ain't the battledores.
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Samuel Pickwick : [to Mr. Jingle] Sir! I have only this to say to you, sir: I might have taken a greater revenge for the indignities which I've suffered at your hands; but I will content myself with exposing you, sir - which is a duty I feel I owe to society.
Mr. Jingle : [to the others present] Good fellow, Pickwick... fine heart... a stout old boy... but a little odd... slightly eccentric.
Samuel Pickwick : I will add this, sir: I consider you to be a ruffian, sir. And a rascal, sir. And worse than any man I've ever seen... or even heard of!
Mr. Nupkins : Sir! Do you admit you're an impostor?
Mr. Jingle : Never admit anything, sir... bad for liver.
