A tale of two citiesTicknor and Fields, 1866 |
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... The little narrow , crooked town of Dover hid itself away from the beach , and ran its head into the chalk cliffs , like a marine ostrich . The beach was a desert of heaps of sea and stones tumbling wildly about 16 A TALE OF TWO CITIES .
... The little narrow , crooked town of Dover hid itself away from the beach , and ran its head into the chalk cliffs , like a marine ostrich . The beach was a desert of heaps of sea and stones tumbling wildly about 16 A TALE OF TWO CITIES .
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Charles Dickens. desert of heaps of sea and stones tumbling wildly about , and the sea did what it liked , and what it liked was destruction . It thundered at the town , and thundered at the cliffs , and brought the coast down , madly ...
Charles Dickens. desert of heaps of sea and stones tumbling wildly about , and the sea did what it liked , and what it liked was destruction . It thundered at the town , and thundered at the cliffs , and brought the coast down , madly ...
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... stones just outside the door of the wine - shop , shattered like a walnut - shell . All the people within reach had suspended their business , or their idleness , to run to the spot and drink the wine . The rough , irregular stones of ...
... stones just outside the door of the wine - shop , shattered like a walnut - shell . All the people within reach had suspended their business , or their idleness , to run to the spot and drink the wine . The rough , irregular stones of ...
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... stones , and when the stain of it would be red upon many there . And now that the cloud settled on Saint Antoine , which a momentary gleam had driven from his sacred countenance , the darkness of it was heavy - cold , dirt , sickness ...
... stones , and when the stain of it would be red upon many there . And now that the cloud settled on Saint Antoine , which a momentary gleam had driven from his sacred countenance , the darkness of it was heavy - cold , dirt , sickness ...
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... stones of the pavement , with their many little reservoirs of mud and water , had no footways , but broke off abruptly at the doors . The kennel , to make amends , ran down the middle of the street - when it ran at all : which was only ...
... stones of the pavement , with their many little reservoirs of mud and water , had no footways , but broke off abruptly at the doors . The kennel , to make amends , ran down the middle of the street - when it ran at all : which was only ...
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