A man in public life expects to be sneered at -- it is the fault of his elevated situation, and not of himself.


The Works of Charles Dickens (ed. 1899)


A man in public life expects to be sneered at -- it is the fault of his elevated situation, and not of himself.

A man in public life expects to be sneered at -- it is the fault of his elevated situation, and not of himself.

A man in public life expects to be sneered at -- it is the fault of his elevated situation, and not of himself.

A man in public life expects to be sneered at -- it is the fault of his elevated situation, and not of himself.