A tale of two citiesTicknor and Fields, 1866 |
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... hopes to add something to the popular and picturesque means of understanding that terrible time , though no one can hope to add anything to the philosophy of Mr. CARLYLE's wonderful book . CONTENTS . CHAP . BOOK THE FIRST . RECALLED TO.
... hopes to add something to the popular and picturesque means of understanding that terrible time , though no one can hope to add anything to the philosophy of Mr. CARLYLE's wonderful book . CONTENTS . CHAP . BOOK THE FIRST . RECALLED TO.
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... hope , it was the winter of despair , we had every- thing before us , we had nothing before us , we were all going direct to Heaven , we were all going direct the other way — in short , the period was so far like the present period ...
... hope , it was the winter of despair , we had every- thing before us , we had nothing before us , we were all going direct to Heaven , we were all going direct the other way — in short , the period was so far like the present period ...
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... hope there ain't , but I can't make so ' Nation sure of that , " said the guard , in gruff soliloquy . " Hallo you ! " " Well ! And hallo you ! " said Jerry , more hoarsely than before . " Come on at a footpace ; d'ye mind me ? And if ...
... hope there ain't , but I can't make so ' Nation sure of that , " said the guard , in gruff soliloquy . " Hallo you ! " " Well ! And hallo you ! " said Jerry , more hoarsely than before . " Come on at a footpace ; d'ye mind me ? And if ...
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... hope in time to read it all . No more can I look into the depths of this unfathomable water , wherein , as mo- mentary lights glanced into it , I have had glimpses of buried treasure and other things submerged . It was appointed that ...
... hope in time to read it all . No more can I look into the depths of this unfathomable water , wherein , as mo- mentary lights glanced into it , I have had glimpses of buried treasure and other things submerged . It was appointed that ...
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... hope of being dug out ? " " Long ago . " " You know that you are recalled to life ? " 66 They tell me so . ' " " " I hope you care to live ? " " I can't say . " " Shall I show her to you ? Will you come and see her ? " The answers to ...
... hope of being dug out ? " " Long ago . " " You know that you are recalled to life ? " 66 They tell me so . ' " " " I hope you care to live ? " " I can't say . " " Shall I show her to you ? Will you come and see her ? " The answers to ...
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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.
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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...