Crossword-Solution: NELLS 5 letters, 29 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 5

Little Nells and Dombeys, children unhappy, overthrown early in the _melee_ of the world, and dying among weeping readers, no longer affect us as they affected another generation.

General, who taught her young ladies to form their mouths into a lady-like pattern by saying "papa, potatoes, prunes, and prism." Dickens knew very little of society, and cared very little for its laws, and his ladies and gentlemen were pronounced in England to be as great failures as his Little Nells and Dick Swivellers were successes; but he recognized the universality of chaperons.

Willis for an evening party drest! We received thee warmly--kindly--though we knew thou wert a quiz, Partly for thyself it may be, chiefly for the sake of Phiz! Much we bore, and much we suffered, listening to remorseless spells Of that Smike's unceasing drivellings, and these everlasting Nells.

When at length Jack had taken leave of them all--had kissed the two Nells and shaken hands with Natty--the younger Nell seemed to realise the facts of the case; for Jack saw her, as he glanced back for the last time, suddenly shut her large blue eyes, throw back her curly little head, open wide her pretty little mouth, and howl miserably.

Copperfield resembles more the Little Nells and other characters based on Mary Hogarth in her colourlessness, and her goodness.