1、Bartleby would not work at all.

2、I could not but highly plume myself on my masterly judgement in getting rid of Bartleby.

3、I often felt a charitable prompting to call at the place and see poor Bartleby.

4、I threw Bartleby away and did it so well that I couldn't help complacency.

5、I rode around the city and visited places of historic interest, anything to get Bartleby off my mind.

6、There was something about Bartleby that froze me, yet, at the same time, made me feel sorry for him.

7、On the sixth day, somewhat hopefully, I looked into the office Bartleby used. He was still there.

8、Let's see, the problem here is... one of my workers named Bartleby will not do some of the things I ask him to do.

9、At the period just preceding the advent of Bartleby, I had two persons as copyists in my employment, and a promising lad as an office-boy.