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The old , old fashion -- Death ! ( 4 ) Oh thank GOD , all who see it , for that older fashion yet , of immortality ! ( 5 ) And look upon us , angels of young children , with regards not quite estranged , when the swift river bears us to the ocean ! ( 6 ) At such points Dickens has a way of <enlarging> his theme beyond the narrative pretext , addressing his readers directly as sharers of a common human lot with himself and his characters .