A tale of two citiesTicknor and Fields, 1866 |
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... corner , whenever the coach got a special jolt - nodded in his place with half - shut eyes , the little coach - windows , and the coach- lamp dimly gleaming through them , and the bulky bundle of opposite passenger , became the bank ...
... corner , whenever the coach got a special jolt - nodded in his place with half - shut eyes , the little coach - windows , and the coach- lamp dimly gleaming through them , and the bulky bundle of opposite passenger , became the bank ...
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... had undergone a terrible grinding and re - grinding in the mill , and certainly not in the fabulous mill which ground old people young , shivered at every corner , passed in and out at every doorway A TALE OF TWO CITIES . 27.
... had undergone a terrible grinding and re - grinding in the mill , and certainly not in the fabulous mill which ground old people young , shivered at every corner , passed in and out at every doorway A TALE OF TWO CITIES . 27.
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Charles Dickens. every corner , passed in and out at every doorway , looked from every window , fluttered in every vestige of a garment that . the wind shook . The mill which had worked them down , was the mill that grinds young people ...
Charles Dickens. every corner , passed in and out at every doorway , looked from every window , fluttered in every vestige of a garment that . the wind shook . The mill which had worked them down , was the mill that grinds young people ...
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... corner shop , better than most others in its appearance and degree , and the master of the wine- shop had stood outside it , in a yellow waistcoat and green breeches , looking on at the struggle for the lost wine . " It's not my affair ...
... corner shop , better than most others in its appearance and degree , and the master of the wine- shop had stood outside it , in a yellow waistcoat and green breeches , looking on at the struggle for the lost wine . " It's not my affair ...
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... corner . Other company were there two playing cards , two playing dominoes , three standing by the counter lengthening out a short supply of wine . As he passed behind the counter , he took notice that the elderly gentleman said in a ...
... corner . Other company were there two playing cards , two playing dominoes , three standing by the counter lengthening out a short supply of wine . As he passed behind the counter , he took notice that the elderly gentleman said in a ...
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