A tale of two citiesTicknor and Fields, 1866 |
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... thing before us , we had nothing before us , we were all going direct to Heaven , we were all going direct the other ... things in general were settled for ever . It was the year of Our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy - five ...
... thing before us , we had nothing before us , we were all going direct to Heaven , we were all going direct the other ... things in general were settled for ever . It was the year of Our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy - five ...
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... things , and a thousand like them , came to pass in and close upon the dear old year one thousand seven hundred and seventy - five . Environed by them , while the Woodman and the Farmer worked unheeded , those two of the large jaws ...
... things , and a thousand like them , came to pass in and close upon the dear old year one thousand seven hundred and seventy - five . Environed by them , while the Woodman and the Farmer worked unheeded , those two of the large jaws ...
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... thing upon the cards . So the guard of the Dover mail thought to himself , that Friday night in November one thousand seven hundred and seventy- five , lumbering up Shooter's Hill , as he stood on his own particular perch behind the ...
... thing upon the cards . So the guard of the Dover mail thought to himself , that Friday night in November one thousand seven hundred and seventy- five , lumbering up Shooter's Hill , as he stood on his own particular perch behind the ...
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... things submerged . It was appointed that the book should shut with a spring , for ever and for ever , when I had read but a page . It was appointed that the water should be locked in an eternal frost , when the light was playing on its ...
... things submerged . It was appointed that the book should shut with a spring , for ever and for ever , when I had read but a page . It was appointed that the water should be locked in an eternal frost , when the light was playing on its ...
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... things , a sudden vivid likeness passed before him , of a child whom he had held in his arms on the passage across that very Channel , one cold time , when the hail drifted heavily and the sea ran high . The likeness passed away , say ...
... things , a sudden vivid likeness passed before him , of a child whom he had held in his arms on the passage across that very Channel , one cold time , when the hail drifted heavily and the sea ran high . The likeness passed away , say ...
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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...