A tale of two citiesTicknor and Fields, 1866 |
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... live ? " " I can't say . " " Shall I show her to you ? Will you come and see her ? " The answers to this question were various and contradic- Sometimes the broken reply was , " Wait ! It would kill me if I saw her too soon . " Sometimes ...
... live ? " " I can't say . " " Shall I show her to you ? Will you come and see her ? " The answers to this question were various and contradic- Sometimes the broken reply was , " Wait ! It would kill me if I saw her too soon . " Sometimes ...
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... live ? " " I can't say . " Dig - dig - dig - until an impatient movement from one of the two passengers would admonish him to pull up the window , draw his arm securely through the leathern strap , and speculate upon the two slumbering ...
... live ? " " I can't say . " Dig - dig - dig - until an impatient movement from one of the two passengers would admonish him to pull up the window , draw his arm securely through the leathern strap , and speculate upon the two slumbering ...
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... live red coals . A bottle of good claret after dinner does a digger in the red coals no harm , otherwise than as it has a tendency to throw him out of work . Mr. Lorry had been idle a long time , and had just poured out his last ...
... live red coals . A bottle of good claret after dinner does a digger in the red coals no harm , otherwise than as it has a tendency to throw him out of work . Mr. Lorry had been idle a long time , and had just poured out his last ...
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Charles Dickens. poor cattle always have in their mouths , and hard lives they live , Jacques . Am I right , Jacques ? " " You are right , Jacques , " was the response of Monsieur Defarge . This third interchange of the christian name ...
Charles Dickens. poor cattle always have in their mouths , and hard lives they live , Jacques . Am I right , Jacques ? " " You are right , Jacques , " was the response of Monsieur Defarge . This third interchange of the christian name ...
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... " exclaimed Mr. Lorry . " Is it possible ? " repeated Defarge , bitterly . " Yes . And a beautiful world we live in , when it is possible , and when many other such things are possible , and not only 34 A TALE OF TWO CITIES .
... " exclaimed Mr. Lorry . " Is it possible ? " repeated Defarge , bitterly . " Yes . And a beautiful world we live in , when it is possible , and when many other such things are possible , and not only 34 A TALE OF TWO CITIES .
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