...demeanor." She instructs Amy Dorrit that "Papa is a preferable mode of address. . . . The word Papa . . . gives a pretty form to the lips. Papa, potatoes, poultry,...good words for the lips: especially prunes and prism" (528-29). Mrs. General represents life at its emptiest, and life at its emptiest is defined as playing...

...I require a little time." "Papa is a preferable mode of address," observed Mrs General. "Father is rather vulgar, my dear. The word Papa, besides, gives...and prism are all very good words for the lips... ." "Pray, my child," said Mr Dorrir, "attend to the—hum —precepts of Mrs General." I528-29I After...

...I require a little time." "Papa is a preferable mode of address," observed Mrs General. "Father is rather vulgar, my dear. The word Papa, besides, gives...prunes, and prism are all very good words for the lips. ..." "Pray, my child," said Mr Dorrit, "attend to the — hum — precepts of Mrs General." (528-29)...

...another name (503). 24 "Papa is a preferable mode of address," she lessons Little Dorrit: "Father is rather vulgar, my dear. The word Papa, besides, gives...words for the lips: especially prunes and prism." (529) Language is reduced to sound, like elevator music; affect is drained from intercourse. Here is...

...province to 'varnish' everything. Her most famous precept, which she divulged to Amy Dorrit, was that 'Papa, potatoes, poultry, prunes, and prism, are all...You will find it serviceable, in the formation of a demeanour, if you sometimes say to yourself in company — on entering a room, for instance, Papa,...

...connotations of geometry and also of elocution, deriving from Mrs General in Dickens's Little Dorrit: 'Papa, potatoes, poultry, prunes, and prism, are all...words for the lips: especially prunes and prism.' A 'Miss Prunes and Prism' is someone very affected and precise. Cast. Apart from Alexander, only two...

...the following injunction: ''Papa is a preferable mode of address," observed Mrs General. "Father is rather vulgar, my dear. The word papa, besides, gives...You will find it serviceable, in the formation of a demeanour, if you sometimes say to yourself in company — on entering a room, for instance — Papa,...

...address Mr Dorrit as 'Father'] 'Papa is a preferable mode of address/ observed Mrs GeneraL 'Father is rather vulgar, my dear. The word Papa, besides, gives...You will find it serviceable, in the formation of a demeanour, if you sometimes say to yourself in company - on entering a room, for instance - Papa, potatoes,...

...Patroclus; citizens used it to post satirical verses and lampoons; whence pasquil, pasquinade. "Father is rather vulgar, my dear. The word papa, besides, gives...Papa, potatoes, poultry, prunes and prism, are all good words for the lips, especially prunes and prism" -Mrs. General in Dickens' Little Dorrit, ii,...

...little time." M Papa is a preferable mode of address," observed Mrs. General. " Father is rather vuigar, my dear. The word papa, besides, gives a pretty form to the lips. Papa, potatocs, poultry, prunes, and prism are all very good words for the lips; especially prunes and prism....