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2、wn,whichformanyreasonsitwillbeprudenttorefrainfrommen-tioning,andtowhichIwillassignnofictitiousname,thereisoneancientlycommontomosttowns,greatorsmall:towit,aworkhouse;andinthisworkhousewasborn;onadayanddatewhichIneednottroublemyselftorepeat,inas-muchasitcanbeofn
3、opossibleconsequencetothereader,inthisstageofthebusinessatallevents;theitemofmortal-itywhosenameisprefixedtotheheadofthischapter.Foralongtimeafteritwasusheredintothisworldofsorrowandtrouble,bytheparishsurgeon,itremainedamatterofconsiderabledoubtwhetherthechildwo
4、uldsur-OliverTwistvivetobearanynameatall;inwhichcaseitissomewhatmorethanprobablethatthesememoirswouldneverhaveappeared;or,iftheyhad,thatbeingcomprisedwithinacoupleofpages,theywouldhavepossessedtheinestimablemeritofbeingthemostconciseandfaithfulspecimenofbi-ogra
5、phy,extantintheliteratureofanyageorcountry.AlthoughIamnotdisposedtomaintainthatthebeingborninaworkhouse,isinitselfthemostfortunateanden-viablecircumstancethatcanpossiblybefallahumanbeing,Idomeantosaythatinthisparticularinstance,itwasthebestthingforOliverTwisttha
6、tcouldbypossibilityhaveoc-curred.Thefactis,thattherewasconsiderabledifficultyininducingOlivertotakeuponhimselftheofficeofrespira-tion,—atroublesomepractice,butonewhichcustomhasrenderednecessarytooureasyexistence;andforsometimehelaygaspingonalittleflockmattress,r
7、atherunequallypoisedbetweenthisworldandthenext:thebalancebe-ingdecidedlyinfavourofthelatter.Now,if,duringthisbriefperiod,Oliverhadbeensurroundedbycarefulgrand-mothers,anxiousaunts,experiencednurses,anddoctorsofprofoundwisdom,hewouldmostinevitablyandindu-bitablyh
8、avebeenkilledinnotime.Therebeingnobodyby,however,butapauperoldwoman,whowasrenderedrathermistybyanunwontedallowanceofbeer;andaparishsur-geonwhodidsuchmattersbycontract
