Why look'e, young gentleman, " said Toby, "when a man keeps himself so very ex-clusive as I have done, and by that means has a snug house over his head with nobody a-prying and smelling about it, it's rather a starling thing to have the honour of a wisit from a young gentleman (however respectable and pleasant a person he may be to play cards with at conweniency) circumstanced as you are.Charles Dickens
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The phrase "It's rather a starling thing to have the honour of a wisit from a young gentleman" is the beginning of a piece of dialogue in which Toby is discussing his house with Mr. Simple.
Source: Oliver Twist
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