A Tale of Two Cities, and Sketches by BozEstes and Lauriat, 1880 - 810 pages |
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... never looked at the figure before him , without first looking down on this side of himself , then on that , as if he had lost the habit of associating place with sound ; he never spoke , without first wandering in this manner , and ...
... never looked at the figure before him , without first looking down on this side of himself , then on that , as if he had lost the habit of associating place with sound ; he never spoke , without first wandering in this manner , and ...
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... never could lay their heads upon their pillows ; that , they never could tolerate the idea of their wives laying their heads upon their pillows ; that , they never could endure the notion of their children laying their heads upon their ...
... never could lay their heads upon their pillows ; that , they never could tolerate the idea of their wives laying their heads upon their pillows ; that , they never could endure the notion of their children laying their heads upon their ...
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... Never in a debtors ' prison ? -Come , once again . Never ? Yes . How many times ? Two or three times . Not five or six ? Perhaps . Of what profession ? Gentleman . Ever been kicked ? Might have been . Fre- quently ? No. Ever kicked down ...
... Never in a debtors ' prison ? -Come , once again . Never ? Yes . How many times ? Two or three times . Not five or six ? Perhaps . Of what profession ? Gentleman . Ever been kicked ? Might have been . Fre- quently ? No. Ever kicked down ...
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... never be a lion , he was an amazingly good jackal , and that he rendered suit and service to Stryver in that humble capacity . " Ten o'clock , sir , " said the man at the tavern , whom he had charged to wake him- " ten o'clock , sir ...
... never be a lion , he was an amazingly good jackal , and that he rendered suit and service to Stryver in that humble capacity . " Ten o'clock , sir , " said the man at the tavern , whom he had charged to wake him- " ten o'clock , sir ...
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... never had , to accomplishments that they were never fortunate enough to gain , to bright hopes that never shone upon their own sombre lives . He knew enough of the world to know that there is nothing in it better than the faith- ful ...
... never had , to accomplishments that they were never fortunate enough to gain , to bright hopes that never shone upon their own sombre lives . He knew enough of the world to know that there is nothing in it better than the faith- ful ...
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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...
Page 650 - A verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer ; as, I am — I rule — I am ruled.
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...