A tale of two citiesTicknor and Fields, 1866 |
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Page 57
... citizens , if any . So powerful is use , and so desirable to be good use in the beginning . It was famous , too , for the pillory , a wise old institution , that inflicted a punishment of which no one could foresee the extent ; also ...
... citizens , if any . So powerful is use , and so desirable to be good use in the beginning . It was famous , too , for the pillory , a wise old institution , that inflicted a punishment of which no one could foresee the extent ; also ...
Page 63
... citizen would assuredly have had one . That , as they were not so decreed , he probably would not have one . That , Virtue , as had been observed by the poets ( in many passages which he well knew the jury would have , word for word ...
... citizen would assuredly have had one . That , as they were not so decreed , he probably would not have one . That , Virtue , as had been observed by the poets ( in many passages which he well knew the jury would have , word for word ...
Page 246
... citizen - patriots , with their national muskets in a most explo- sive state of readiness , who stopped all comers and goers , cross - questioned them , inspected their papers , looked for their names in lists of their own , turned them ...
... citizen - patriots , with their national muskets in a most explo- sive state of readiness , who stopped all comers and goers , cross - questioned them , inspected their papers , looked for their names in lists of their own , turned them ...
Page 247
... Citizen , I desire nothing more than to get to Paris , though I could dispense with the escort . " " Silence ! " growled a red - cap , striking at the coverlet with the butt - end of his musket . 66 Peace , aristocrat ! " " It is as the ...
... Citizen , I desire nothing more than to get to Paris , though I could dispense with the escort . " " Silence ! " growled a red - cap , striking at the coverlet with the butt - end of his musket . 66 Peace , aristocrat ! " " It is as the ...
Page 250
... citizen , in charge of an escort which the disturbed state of the country had imposed upon him , and which he had paid for . Where , " repeated the same personage , without taking any heed of him whatever , " are the papers of this pri ...
... citizen , in charge of an escort which the disturbed state of the country had imposed upon him , and which he had paid for . Where , " repeated the same personage , without taking any heed of him whatever , " are the papers of this pri ...
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Page 377 - I am the Resurrection and the Life, saith the Lord: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die.
Page 379 - It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done ; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known.
Page 283 - In seasons of pestilence, some of us will have a secret attraction to the disease - a terrible passing inclination to die of it.
Page 1 - IT was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair...