A Tale of Two Cities, and Sketches by BozEstes and Lauriat, 1880 - 810 pages |
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... glass . His linen , though not of a fineness in accord- ance with his stockings , was as white as the tops of the waves that broke upon the neighboring beach , or the specks of sail that glinted in the sunlight far at sea . A face ...
... glass . His linen , though not of a fineness in accord- ance with his stockings , was as white as the tops of the waves that broke upon the neighboring beach , or the specks of sail that glinted in the sunlight far at sea . A face ...
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... glass untouched . said he . " This is Mam'selle ! " In a very few minutes the waiter came in to announce that Miss Manette had arrived from London , and would be happy to see the gentleman from Tellson's . " So soon ? " Miss Manette had ...
... glass untouched . said he . " This is Mam'selle ! " In a very few minutes the waiter came in to announce that Miss Manette had arrived from London , and would be happy to see the gentleman from Tellson's . " So soon ? " Miss Manette had ...
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... glass behind her , on the frame of which , a hospital procession of negro cupids , several headless and all cripples , were offering black baskets of Dead Sea fruit to black divinities of the feminine gender - and he made his formal bow ...
... glass behind her , on the frame of which , a hospital procession of negro cupids , several headless and all cripples , were offering black baskets of Dead Sea fruit to black divinities of the feminine gender - and he made his formal bow ...
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... glass in it might be counted as one . But they were very decently kept . Early as it was , on the windy March . morning , the room in which he lay a - bed was already crubbed throughout ; and between the cups and saucers arranged for ...
... glass in it might be counted as one . But they were very decently kept . Early as it was , on the windy March . morning , the room in which he lay a - bed was already crubbed throughout ; and between the cups and saucers arranged for ...
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... glass could ever have rendered back its reflections , as the ocean is one day to give up its dead . Some passing thought of the infamy and disgrace for which it had been reserved , may have struck the prisoner's mind . Be that as it may ...
... glass could ever have rendered back its reflections , as the ocean is one day to give up its dead . Some passing thought of the infamy and disgrace for which it had been reserved , may have struck the prisoner's mind . Be that as it may ...
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Alexandre Manette appearance asked Barsad boots captain Carton Charles Darnay child coach cried crowd Cruncher Cymon Tuggs dark daugh daughter dear Dingwall Doctor Manette door dress ejaculated Evrémonde exclaimed eyes face father Fixem Gabriel Parsons gentleman girl glass hair hand head heard hope hour husband inquired Jacques Jerry knew light looked Lorry Lucie Madame Defarge Malderton manner Maplesone Marquis mender of roads mind Miss Brook Miss Lillerton Miss Manette Miss Pross Monseigneur Monsieur morning neckerchief never night Old Bailey parlor passed Percy Noakes person prisoner replied round seated side stairs stood street Stryver Sydney Carton Taunton tell Tellson's thing Thomas Potter thought Tibbs tion took Trott turned voice walked Watkins Tottle whispered wife window wine wine-shop woman words young lady
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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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