A Tale of Two Cities, and Sketches by BozEstes and Lauriat, 1880 - 810 pages |
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... Better not to mention the subject , anywhere or in any way , and to remove him for awhile at all events - out of France . Even I , safe as an Englishman , and even Tellson's , important as they are to French credit , avoid all naming of ...
... Better not to mention the subject , anywhere or in any way , and to remove him for awhile at all events - out of France . Even I , safe as an Englishman , and even Tellson's , important as they are to French credit , avoid all naming of ...
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... Better to begin slowly . " Thus , Monsieur Defarge , in a stern voice , to Mr. Lorry , as they began ascending the stairs . " Is he alone ? " the latter whispered . " Alone ! God help him , who should be with him ! " said the other , in ...
... Better to begin slowly . " Thus , Monsieur Defarge , in a stern voice , to Mr. Lorry , as they began ascending the stairs . " Is he alone ? " the latter whispered . " Alone ! God help him , who should be with him ! " said the other , in ...
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... better do it . " " Then be so kind , " urged Miss Manette , " as to leave us here . You see how composed he has become , and you cannot be afraid to leave him with me now . Why should you be ? If you will lock the door to secure us from ...
... better do it . " " Then be so kind , " urged Miss Manette , " as to leave us here . You see how composed he has become , and you cannot be afraid to leave him with me now . Why should you be ? If you will lock the door to secure us from ...
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... better streets , and ever dimmer in the worse - and by lighted shops , gay crowds , illuminated coffee - houses , and theatre - doors , to one of the city gates . Soldiers with lanterns , at the guard - house there . ' Your papers ...
... better streets , and ever dimmer in the worse - and by lighted shops , gay crowds , illuminated coffee - houses , and theatre - doors , to one of the city gates . Soldiers with lanterns , at the guard - house there . ' Your papers ...
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... better for it in pocket ; and it's my suspicion that you've been at it from morning to night to prevent me from being the better for it in pocket , and I won't put up with it , Aggera- wayter , and what do you say now ! " Growling , in ...
... better for it in pocket ; and it's my suspicion that you've been at it from morning to night to prevent me from being the better for it in pocket , and I won't put up with it , Aggera- wayter , and what do you say now ! " Growling , in ...
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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...