A Tale of Two Cities, and Sketches by BozEstes and Lauriat, 1880 - 810 pages |
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... answer straight . " " What is the matter ? " asked the passenger , then , with mildly quavering speech . " Who wants ... answered curtly , " Sir . " " There is nothing to apprehend . I belong to Tellson's Bank . You must know Tellson's ...
... answer straight . " " What is the matter ? " asked the passenger , then , with mildly quavering speech . " Who wants ... answered curtly , " Sir . " " There is nothing to apprehend . I belong to Tellson's Bank . You must know Tellson's ...
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... answer was , RECALLED TO LIFE . " Jerry started in his saddle . " That's a Blazing strange answer , too , " said he , at his hoarsest . " Take that message back , and they will know that I re- ceived this , as well as if I wrote . Make ...
... answer was , RECALLED TO LIFE . " Jerry started in his saddle . " That's a Blazing strange answer , too , " said he , at his hoarsest . " Take that message back , and they will know that I re- ceived this , as well as if I wrote . Make ...
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... this spectre : " Buried how long ? " The answer was always the same : " Almost eighteen years . " " You had abandoned all hope of being dug out ? " " Long ago . " " You know that you are recalled to life ? 2 THE NIGHT SHADOWS . 17.
... this spectre : " Buried how long ? " The answer was always the same : " Almost eighteen years . " " You had abandoned all hope of being dug out ? " " Long ago . " " You know that you are recalled to life ? 2 THE NIGHT SHADOWS . 17.
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... answers to this question were various and contradic- tory . Sometimes the broken reply was , " Wait ! It would kill me if I saw her too soon . " Sometimes , it was given in a tender rain of tears , and then it was " Take me to her ...
... answers to this question were various and contradic- tory . Sometimes the broken reply was , " Wait ! It would kill me if I saw her too soon . " Sometimes , it was given in a tender rain of tears , and then it was " Take me to her ...
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... answering to this appeal , she sat so still when he had very gently raised her , and the hands that had not ceased to clasp his wrists were so much more steady than they had been , that she communicated some re - assurance to Mr. Jarvis ...
... answering to this appeal , she sat so still when he had very gently raised her , and the hands that had not ceased to clasp his wrists were so much more steady than they had been , that she communicated some re - assurance to Mr. Jarvis ...
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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...
Page 352 - 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 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...
Page 650 - A verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer ; as, I am — I rule — I am ruled.
Page 816 - And now the long-forgotten scenes of a misspent life crowded thick and fast upon him. He thought of the time when he had a home — a happy, cheerful home — and of those who peopled it, and flocked about him then, until the forms of his elder...