A Tale of Two Cities, and Sketches by BozEstes and Lauriat, 1880 - 810 pages |
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... Defarge , his wife , sat in the shop behind the counter as he came in . Madame Defarge was a stout woman of about his own age , with a watchful eye that seldom seemed to look at anything , a large hand heavily ringed , a steady face ...
... Defarge , his wife , sat in the shop behind the counter as he came in . Madame Defarge was a stout woman of about his own age , with a watchful eye that seldom seemed to look at anything , a large hand heavily ringed , a steady face ...
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... Defarge . " Is all the spilt wine swallowed ? " " Every drop , Jacques , " answered Monsieur Defarge . When this interchange of christian name was effected Madame Defarge , picking her teeth with her toothpick , coughed another grain of ...
... Defarge . " Is all the spilt wine swallowed ? " " Every drop , Jacques , " answered Monsieur Defarge . When this interchange of christian name was effected Madame Defarge , picking her teeth with her toothpick , coughed another grain of ...
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... Defarge were studying his wife at her knitting when the elderly gentleman advanced from his corner , and begged the favor of a word . " Willingly , sir , " said Monsieur Defarge , and quietly went with him to the door . Their conference ...
... Defarge were studying his wife at her knitting when the elderly gentleman advanced from his corner , and begged the favor of a word . " Willingly , sir , " said Monsieur Defarge , and quietly went with him to the door . Their conference ...
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... Defarge . " You think it necessary to keep the unfortunate gentle- man so retired ? " Monsieur Defarge " I think it necessary to turn the key . " whispered it closer in his ear , and frowned heavily . " Why ? " " Why ! Because he has ...
... Defarge . " You think it necessary to keep the unfortunate gentle- man so retired ? " Monsieur Defarge " I think it necessary to turn the key . " whispered it closer in his ear , and frowned heavily . " Why ? " " Why ! Because he has ...
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... Defarge drew out the key , closed the door , locked it on the inside , took out the key again , and held it in his hand . All this he did , methodically , and with as loud and harsh an accompaniment of noise as he could make . Finally ...
... Defarge drew out the key , closed the door , locked it on the inside , took out the key again , and held it in his hand . All this he did , methodically , and with as loud and harsh an accompaniment of noise as he could make . Finally ...
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Page 351 - 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." The murmuring of many voices, the upturning of many faces, the pressing on of many footsteps in the outskirts of the crowd, so that it swells forward in a mass, like one great heave of water, all flashes away.
Page 754 - My very noble and approved good masters, That I have ta'en away this old man's daughter, It is most true ; true, I have married her : The very head and front of my offending Hath this extent, no more. Rude am I in my speech, And little bless'd with the soft phrase of peace ; For since these arms of mine had seven years...
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Page 52 - Tellson's down two steps, and came to your senses in a miserable little shop, with two little counters, where the oldest of men made your cheque shake as if the wind rustled it, while they examined the signature by the dingiest of windows, which were always under a shower-bath of mud from Fleet Street, and which were made the dingier by their own iron bars proper, and the heavy shadow of Temple Bar. If your business necessitated your seeing "the House...
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