A Tale of Two Cities, and Sketches by BozEstes and Lauriat, 1880 - 810 pages |
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... half - pay captain ... 362 III . The 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 ...
... half - pay captain ... 362 III . The 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 ...
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... half in the coach and half out of ; they remained in the road below him . They all looked from the coachman to the guard , and from the guard to the coachman and listened . The coachman looked back and the guard looked back , and even ...
... half in the coach and half out of ; they remained in the road below him . They all looked from the coachman to the guard , and from the guard to the coachman and listened . The coachman looked back and the guard looked back , and even ...
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... half of public street and road , and shaming few good citizens , if any . So powerful is use , and so desirable to be good use in the beginning . It was famous , too , for the pillory , a wise old institution , that inflicted a ...
... half of public street and road , and shaming few good citizens , if any . So powerful is use , and so desirable to be good use in the beginning . It was famous , too , for the pillory , a wise old institution , that inflicted a ...
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... half ago . " " Can you identify him as your fellow - passenger on board the packet , or speak to his conversation with your daughter ? " " Sir , I can do neither . " " Is there any particular and special reason for your being unable to ...
... half ago . " " Can you identify him as your fellow - passenger on board the packet , or speak to his conversation with your daughter ? " " Sir , I can do neither . " " Is there any particular and special reason for your being unable to ...
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... half off him , his untidy wig put on just as it had happened to light on his head after its removal , his hands in his pockets , and his eyes on the ceiling as they had been all day . Something especially reckless in his demeanor , not ...
... half off him , his untidy wig put on just as it had happened to light on his head after its removal , his hands in his pockets , and his eyes on the ceiling as they had been all day . Something especially reckless in his demeanor , not ...
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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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