A Tale of Two Cities, and Sketches by BozEstes and Lauriat, 1880 - 810 pages |
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... through which I pass , is there a sleeper more inscrutable than its busy inhabitants are , in their inner- most personality , to me , or than I am to them ? As to this , his natural and not to be THE NIGHT SHADOWS . 15 III.
... through which I pass , is there a sleeper more inscrutable than its busy inhabitants are , in their inner- most personality , to me , or than I am to them ? As to this , his natural and not to be THE NIGHT SHADOWS . 15 III.
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Charles Dickens. As to this , his natural and not to be alienated inheritance , the messenger on horseback had exactly the same possessions as the King , the first Minister of State , or the richest merchant in London . So with the three ...
Charles Dickens. As to this , his natural and not to be alienated inheritance , the messenger on horseback had exactly the same possessions as the King , the first Minister of State , or the richest merchant in London . So with the three ...
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... nature . I have done my best to prepare myself , and I naturally have a strong and eager interest to know what they are . " " Naturally , " said Mr. Lorry . " Yes - I- " After a pause , he added , again settling the crisp flaxen wig at ...
... nature . I have done my best to prepare myself , and I naturally have a strong and eager interest to know what they are . " " Naturally , " said Mr. Lorry . " Yes - I- " After a pause , he added , again settling the crisp flaxen wig at ...
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... natural to it than sunshine . The wine was red wine , and had stained the ground of the narrow street in the suburb of Saint Antoine , in Paris , where it was spilled . It had stained many hands , too , and many faces , and many naked ...
... natural to it than sunshine . The wine was red wine , and had stained the ground of the narrow street in the suburb of Saint Antoine , in Paris , where it was spilled . It had stained many hands , too , and many faces , and many naked ...
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... Nature's remedy for all things , and why not Legislation's ? Accordingly , the forger was put to Death ; the utterer of a bad note was put to Death ; the unlawful opener of a letter was put to Death ; the pur- loiner of forty shillings ...
... Nature's remedy for all things , and why not Legislation's ? Accordingly , the forger was put to Death ; the utterer of a bad note was put to Death ; the unlawful opener of a letter was put to Death ; the pur- loiner of forty shillings ...
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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...
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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...