A Tale of Two Cities, and Sketches by BozEstes and Lauriat, 1880 - 810 pages |
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... husband that he would do well to look round the shop among the customers , for any new customer who had dropped in while he stepped over the way . The wine - shop keeper according rolled his eyes about , until they rested upon an ...
... husband that he would do well to look round the shop among the customers , for any new customer who had dropped in while he stepped over the way . The wine - shop keeper according rolled his eyes about , until they rested upon an ...
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... husband . " Gentle- men - my wife ! " The three customers pulled off their hats to Madame Defarge , with three flourishes . She acknowledged their homage by bending her head , and giving them a quick look . Then she glanced in a casual ...
... husband . " Gentle- men - my wife ! " The three customers pulled off their hats to Madame Defarge , with three flourishes . She acknowledged their homage by bending her head , and giving them a quick look . Then she glanced in a casual ...
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... husband that she would get them , and went , knitting , out of the lamplight , through the court - yard . She quickly brought them down and handed them in - and immediately afterwards leaned against the door - post , knitting , and saw ...
... husband that she would get them , and went , knitting , out of the lamplight , through the court - yard . She quickly brought them down and handed them in - and immediately afterwards leaned against the door - post , knitting , and saw ...
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... can't afford it . I can't afford it . I'm not a going to be made unlucky by your sneaking . If you must go flopping yourself down , flop in favor of your husband and child , and not in opposition to ' em . If I had A TALE OF TWO CITIES .
... can't afford it . I can't afford it . I'm not a going to be made unlucky by your sneaking . If you must go flopping yourself down , flop in favor of your husband and child , and not in opposition to ' em . If I had A TALE OF TWO CITIES .
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... husband and child , would you ? Not you ! " and throwing off other sarcastic sparks from the whirling grindstone of his indignation , Mr. Cruncher betook himself to his boot - cleaning and his general preparations for business . In the ...
... husband and child , would you ? Not you ! " and throwing off other sarcastic sparks from the whirling grindstone of his indignation , Mr. Cruncher betook himself to his boot - cleaning and his general preparations for business . In the ...
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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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