A tale of two citiesTicknor and Fields, 1866 |
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... Light , it was the season of Darkness , it was the spring of 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 ...
... Light , it was the season of Darkness , it was the spring of 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 ...
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... light , and , being recognised and challenged by his fellow - tradesman whom he stopped in his character of " the Captain , " gal- lantly shot him through the head and rode away ; the mail was waylaid by seven robbers , and the guard ...
... light , and , being recognised and challenged by his fellow - tradesman whom he stopped in his character of " the Captain , " gal- lantly shot him through the head and rode away ; the mail was waylaid by seven robbers , and the guard ...
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... light of the coach- lamps but these its own workings , and a few yards of road ; and the reek of the labouring horses steamed into it , as if they had made it all . Two other passengers , besides the one , were plodding up the hill by ...
... light of the coach- lamps but these its own workings , and a few yards of road ; and the reek of the labouring horses steamed into it , as if they had made it all . Two other passengers , besides the one , were plodding up the hill by ...
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... light of the coach - lamp on that side , and read - first to himself and then aloud : " Wait at Dover for Mam'selle . ' It's not long , you see , guard . Jerry , say that my answer was , RECALLED TO LIFE . " " Jerry started in his ...
... light of the coach - lamp on that side , and read - first to himself and then aloud : " Wait at Dover for Mam'selle . ' It's not long , you see , guard . Jerry , say that my answer was , RECALLED TO LIFE . " " Jerry started in his ...
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... light with to- lerable safety and ease ( if he were lucky ) in five minutes . " Tom ! " softly over the coach - roof . " Hallo , Joe . " " Did hear the message ? " you " I did , Joe . " " What did you make of it , Tom ? " " Nothing at ...
... light with to- lerable safety and ease ( if he were lucky ) in five minutes . " Tom ! " softly over the coach - roof . " Hallo , Joe . " " Did hear the message ? " you " I did , Joe . " " What did you make of it , Tom ? " " Nothing at ...
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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.
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...