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1  Miss Havisham was now an heiress, and you may suppose was looked after as a great match.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In Chapter XXII
2  There's them that's as good a match for your uncle Provis as Old Orlick has been for you.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In Chapter LIII
3  He lighted the candle from the flaring match with great deliberation, and dropped the match, and trod it out.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In Chapter LIII
4  "I'd be a match for all noodles and all rogues," returned my sister, beginning to work herself into a mighty rage.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In Chapter XV
5  And I couldn't be a match for the noodles, without being a match for your master, who's the dunder-headed king of the noodles.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In Chapter XV
6  And I couldn't be a match for the rogues, without being a match for you, who are the blackest-looking and the worst rogue between this and France.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In Chapter XV
7  I strained my sight upon the sparks that fell among the tinder, and upon which he breathed and breathed, match in hand, but I could only see his lips, and the blue point of the match; even those but fitfully.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In Chapter LIII