A Tale of Two Cities, and Sketches by BozEstes and Lauriat, 1880 - 810 pages |
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... course of the forenoon , the head drawer at Royal George Hotel opened the coach - door as his custom was . He did it with some flour- ish of ceremony , for a mail journey from London in winter was an achievement to congratulate an ...
... course of the forenoon , the head drawer at Royal George Hotel opened the coach - door as his custom was . He did it with some flour- ish of ceremony , for a mail journey from London in winter was an achievement to congratulate an ...
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... course of my business life , just as I pass from one of our cus- tomers to another in the course of my business day ; in short , I have no feelings ; I am a mere machine . To go on- 99 " But this is my father's story , sir ; and I begin ...
... course of my business life , just as I pass from one of our cus- tomers to another in the course of my business day ; in short , I have no feelings ; I am a mere machine . To go on- 99 " But this is my father's story , sir ; and I begin ...
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... course with you . And when she died -I believe broken - hearted - having never slackened her un- availing search for your father , she left you , at two years old , to grow to be blooming , beautiful , and happy , without the dark cloud ...
... course with you . And when she died -I believe broken - hearted - having never slackened her un- availing search for your father , she left you , at two years old , to grow to be blooming , beautiful , and happy , without the dark cloud ...
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... course of the night ? " " They did . " " Mr. Lorry , look upon the prisoner . those two passengers ? " I cannot undertake to say that it was . ' Was he one of " Does he resemble either of these two passengers ? " " Both were so wrapped ...
... course of the night ? " " They did . " " Mr. Lorry , look upon the prisoner . those two passengers ? " I cannot undertake to say that it was . ' Was he one of " Does he resemble either of these two passengers ? " " Both were so wrapped ...
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... course of a night , without any detriment to his reputation as a perfect gentleman , would seem , in these days , a ridiculous exaggera- tion . The learned profession of the law was certainly not be- hind any other learned profession in ...
... course of a night , without any detriment to his reputation as a perfect gentleman , would seem , in these days , a ridiculous exaggera- tion . The learned profession of the law was certainly not be- hind any other learned profession 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...