A tale of two citiesTicknor and Fields, 1866 |
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Page 13
... shadows of the night were gone . He lowered the window , and looked out at the rising sun . There was a ridge of ploughed land , with a plough upon it where it had been left last night when the horses A TALE OF TWO CITIES . 13.
... shadows of the night were gone . He lowered the window , and looked out at the rising sun . There was a ridge of ploughed land , with a plough upon it where it had been left last night when the horses A TALE OF TWO CITIES . 13.
Page 15
... gone by , some pains to drill to the composed and reserved expression of Tellson's Bank . He had a healthy colour in his cheeks , and his face , though lined , bore few traces of anxiety . But , perhaps the confidential bachelor clerks ...
... gone by , some pains to drill to the composed and reserved expression of Tellson's Bank . He had a healthy colour in his cheeks , and his face , though lined , bore few traces of anxiety . But , perhaps the confidential bachelor clerks ...
Page 27
... gone , and the places where it had been most abundant were raked into a gridiron - pattern by fingers , these demonstrations ceased , as suddenly as they had broken out . The man who had left his saw sticking in the firewood he was ...
... gone , and the places where it had been most abundant were raked into a gridiron - pattern by fingers , these demonstrations ceased , as suddenly as they had broken out . The man who had left his saw sticking in the firewood he was ...
Page 41
... gone ; but , they had been there . And so exactly was the expression repeated on the fair young face of her who had crept along the wall to a point where she could see him , and where she now stood looking at him , with hands which at ...
... gone ; but , they had been there . And so exactly was the expression repeated on the fair young face of her who had crept along the wall to a point where she could see him , and where she now stood looking at him , with hands which at ...
Page 44
... gone before it , that the two beholders covered their faces . When the quiet of the garret had been long undisturbed , and his heaving breast and shaken form had long yielded to the calm that must follow all storms - emblem to humanity ...
... gone before it , that the two beholders covered their faces . When the quiet of the garret had been long undisturbed , and his heaving breast and shaken form had long yielded to the calm that must follow all storms - emblem to humanity ...
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