A Tale of Two Cities, and Sketches by BozEstes and Lauriat, 1880 - 810 pages |
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... hundred and seventy - five conduct their Greatnesses , and myriads of small creatures the creatures of this chronicle among the rest- along the roads that lay before them . CHAPTER II . THE MAIL . It was the Dover THE PERIOD .
... hundred and seventy - five conduct their Greatnesses , and myriads of small creatures the creatures of this chronicle among the rest- along the roads that lay before them . CHAPTER II . THE MAIL . It was the Dover THE PERIOD .
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Charles Dickens. CHAPTER II . THE MAIL . It was the Dover road that lay , on a Friday night late in November , before the first of the persons with whom this his- tory has business . The Dover road lay , as to him , beyond the Dover mail ...
Charles Dickens. CHAPTER II . THE MAIL . It was the Dover road that lay , on a Friday night late in November , before the first of the persons with whom this his- tory has business . The Dover road lay , as to him , beyond the Dover mail ...
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... road might be a robber or in league with robbers . As to the latter , when every posting - house and ale- house could produce somebody in " the Captain's " pay , rang- ing from the landlord to the lowest stable nondescript , it was the ...
... road might be a robber or in league with robbers . As to the latter , when every posting - house and ale- house could produce somebody in " the Captain's " pay , rang- ing from the landlord to the lowest stable nondescript , it was the ...
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... 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 the emphatic leader pricked up his ears and looked back ...
... 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 the emphatic leader pricked up his ears and looked back ...
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... road - assisted from behind more swiftly than politely by the other two passengers , who immediately scram- bled into the coach , shut the door , and pulled up the window . " He may come close ; there's nothing wrong . " " I hope there ...
... road - assisted from behind more swiftly than politely by the other two passengers , who immediately scram- bled into the coach , shut the door , and pulled up the window . " He may come close ; there's nothing wrong . " " I hope there ...
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