A tale of two citiesTicknor and Fields, 1866 |
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Page 39
... He glanced at the shoe , with some little passing touch of pride . " And the maker's name ? " said Defarge . Now that he had no work to hold , he laid the knuckles of the right hand in the hollow of the left , A TALE OF TWO CITIES . 39.
... He glanced at the shoe , with some little passing touch of pride . " And the maker's name ? " said Defarge . Now that he had no work to hold , he laid the knuckles of the right hand in the hollow of the left , A TALE OF TWO CITIES . 39.
Page 44
... touch , in touching my hair , anything that recals a beloved head that lay in your breast when you were young and free , weep for it , weep for it ! If , when I hint to you of a Home there is before us , where I will be true to you with ...
... touch , in touching my hair , anything that recals a beloved head that lay in your breast when you were young and free , weep for it , weep for it ! If , when I hint to you of a Home there is before us , where I will be true to you with ...
Page 55
... touch his three - cornered hat to the oldest of men as they passed in to Tellson's , Jerry took up his station on this windy March morning , with Young Jerry standing by him , when not engaged in making forays through the Bar , to ...
... touch his three - cornered hat to the oldest of men as they passed in to Tellson's , Jerry took up his station on this windy March morning , with Young Jerry standing by him , when not engaged in making forays through the Bar , to ...
Page 77
... touch of her hand , had a strong beneficial in- fluence with him almost always . Not absolutely always , for she could recal some occasions on which her power had failed ; but , they were few and slight , and she believed them over . Mr ...
... touch of her hand , had a strong beneficial in- fluence with him almost always . Not absolutely always , for she could recal some occasions on which her power had failed ; but , they were few and slight , and she believed them over . Mr ...
Page 93
... , as a stake to speculate with , and had abandoned her in her poverty for evermore , with no touch of compunction . Miss Pross's fidelity of belief in Solomon ( deducting a mere trifle for this slight mistake A TALE OF TWO CITIES . 93.
... , as a stake to speculate with , and had abandoned her in her poverty for evermore , with no touch of compunction . Miss Pross's fidelity of belief in Solomon ( deducting a mere trifle for this slight mistake A TALE OF TWO CITIES . 93.
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