A tale of two citiesTicknor and Fields, 1866 |
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... face , on the throne of England ; there were a king with a large jaw and a queen with a fair face , on the throne of France . In both countries it was clearer than crystal to the lords of the State preserves of loaves and fishes , that ...
... face , on the throne of England ; there were a king with a large jaw and a queen with a fair face , on the throne of France . In both countries it was clearer than crystal to the lords of the State preserves of loaves and fishes , that ...
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... faces that showed them- selves before him was the true face of the buried person , the shadows of the night did not indicate ; but they were all the faces of a man of five - and - forty by years , and they differed principally in the ...
... faces that showed them- selves before him was the true face of the buried person , the shadows of the night did not indicate ; but they were all the faces of a man of five - and - forty by years , and they differed principally in the ...
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... face and hair , he would suddenly fall away to dust . The passenger would then start to himself , and lower the window , to get the reality of mist and rain on his cheek . Yet even when his eyes were opened on the mist and rain , on the ...
... face and hair , he would suddenly fall away to dust . The passenger would then start to himself , and lower the window , to get the reality of mist and rain on his cheek . Yet even when his eyes were opened on the mist and rain , on the ...
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... face habitually suppressed and quieted , was still lighted up under the quaint wig by a pair of moist bright eyes that it must have cost their owner , in years gone by , some pains to drill to the composed and reserved expression of ...
... face habitually suppressed and quieted , was still lighted up under the quaint wig by a pair of moist bright eyes that it must have cost their owner , in years gone by , some pains to drill to the composed and reserved expression of ...
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... face while she sat looking up into his . " Miss Manette , it was I. And you will see how truly I spoke of myself just now , in saying I had no feelings , and that all the relations I hold with my fellow - creatures are mere business ...
... face while she sat looking up into his . " Miss Manette , it was I. And you will see how truly I spoke of myself just now , in saying I had no feelings , and that all the relations I hold with my fellow - creatures are mere business ...
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