A tale of two citiesTicknor and Fields, 1866 |
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... dead , and then got shot dead himself by the other four , " in consequence of the failure of his ammunition : " after which the mail was robbed in peace ; that magnificent potentate , the Lord Mayor of London , was made to stand and ...
... dead , and then got shot dead himself by the other four , " in consequence of the failure of his ammunition : " after which the mail was robbed in peace ; that magnificent potentate , the Lord Mayor of London , was made to stand and ...
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... dead , my neighbour is dead , my love , the darling of my soul , is dead ; it is the inexorable consolidation and perpetuation of the secret that was always in that individuality , and which I shall carry in mine to my life's end . In ...
... dead , my neighbour is dead , my love , the darling of my soul , is dead ; it is the inexorable consolidation and perpetuation of the secret that was always in that individuality , and which I shall carry in mine to my life's end . In ...
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... Dead Sea fruit to black divinities of the feminine gender - and he made his formal bow to Miss Manette . Pray take a seat , sir . " In a very clear and pleasant young voice : a little foreign in its accent , but a very little indeed ...
... Dead Sea fruit to black divinities of the feminine gender - and he made his formal bow to Miss Manette . Pray take a seat , sir . " In a very clear and pleasant young voice : a little foreign in its accent , but a very little indeed ...
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... dead- Mr. Lorry moved in his chair , and cast a troubled look towards the hospital procession of negro cupids . As if they had any help for anybody in their absurd baskets ! " -rendered it necessary that I should go to Paris , there to ...
... dead- Mr. Lorry moved in his chair , and cast a troubled look towards the hospital procession of negro cupids . As if they had any help for anybody in their absurd baskets ! " -rendered it necessary that I should go to Paris , there to ...
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... belief that her father was dead- -No , don't kneel ! In Heaven's name why should you kneel to me ! " " For the truth . O dear , good , compassionate sir , for the truth ! " “ A — a matter of business . You confuse 22 A TALE OF TWO CITIES .
... belief that her father was dead- -No , don't kneel ! In Heaven's name why should you kneel to me ! " " For the truth . O dear , good , compassionate sir , for the truth ! " “ A — a matter of business . You confuse 22 A TALE OF TWO CITIES .
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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.
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