A Tale of Two Cities, and Sketches by BozEstes and Lauriat, 1880 - 810 pages |
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... four sisters IV . The election for beadle . V. The broker's man .. VI . The ladies ' societies . 367 372 379 387 393 VII . Our next - door neighbor . SCENES . I. The streets - morning . 399 II . The streets - night ... 404 III . Shops ...
... four sisters IV . The election for beadle . V. The broker's man .. VI . The ladies ' societies . 367 372 379 387 393 VII . Our next - door neighbor . SCENES . I. The streets - morning . 399 II . The streets - night ... 404 III . Shops ...
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... four expressions - as his eyes rested on these things , a sudden vivid likeness passed before him , of a child whom he had held in his arms on the passage across that very Channel , one cold time , when the hail drifted heavily and the ...
... four expressions - as his eyes rested on these things , a sudden vivid likeness passed before him , of a child whom he had held in his arms on the passage across that very Channel , one cold time , when the hail drifted heavily and the ...
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... four times , before he put it clumsily into the lock , and turned it as heavily as he could . The door slowly opened inward under his hand , and he looked into the room and said something . A faint voice an- swered something . Little ...
... four times , before he put it clumsily into the lock , and turned it as heavily as he could . The door slowly opened inward under his hand , and he looked into the room and said something . A faint voice an- swered something . Little ...
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... four - footed inmate of a menagerie . Towards nine o'clock he smoothed his ruffled aspect , and , presenting as respectable and business - like an exterior as he could overlay his natural self with , issued forth to the occupa- tion of ...
... four - footed inmate of a menagerie . Towards nine o'clock he smoothed his ruffled aspect , and , presenting as respectable and business - like an exterior as he could overlay his natural self with , issued forth to the occupa- tion of ...
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... four months had rolled over the trial for treason , and carried it , as to the pub- lic interest and memory , far out to sea , Mr. Jarvis Lorry walked along the sunny streets from Clerkenwell where he lived , on his way to dine with the ...
... four months had rolled over the trial for treason , and carried it , as to the pub- lic interest and memory , far out to sea , Mr. Jarvis Lorry walked along the sunny streets from Clerkenwell where he lived , on his way to dine with the ...
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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.
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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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