A Tale of Two Cities, and Sketches by BozEstes and Lauriat, 1880 - 810 pages |
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... upon an elderly gentleman and a young lady who were seated in a corner . Other company were there : two playing cards , two playing dominoes , three standing by the counter lengthening out a short supply of wine . As A TALE OF TWO CITIES .
... upon an elderly gentleman and a young lady who were seated in a corner . Other company were there : two playing cards , two playing dominoes , three standing by the counter lengthening out a short supply of wine . As A TALE OF TWO CITIES .
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... his parent God speed , young Jerry seated himself on the stool , entered on his reversionary in- terest in the straw his father had been chewing , and cogitated . " Al - v ways rusty ! His fingers is 56 A TALE OF TWO CITIES .
... his parent God speed , young Jerry seated himself on the stool , entered on his reversionary in- terest in the straw his father had been chewing , and cogitated . " Al - v ways rusty ! His fingers is 56 A TALE OF TWO CITIES .
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... seated on a form after taking that refection , had dropped into a doze , when a loud murmur and a rapid tide of people setting up the stairs that led to the court , carried him along with them . " Jerry ! Jerry ! " Mr. Lorry was already ...
... seated on a form after taking that refection , had dropped into a doze , when a loud murmur and a rapid tide of people setting up the stairs that led to the court , carried him along with them . " Jerry ! Jerry ! " Mr. Lorry was already ...
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... seated himself near her table . But , looking up at his face in the in- terchange of the first few common - places , she observed a change in it . " I fear you are not well , Mr. Carton ! " " No. But the life I lead , Miss Manette , is ...
... seated himself near her table . But , looking up at his face in the in- terchange of the first few common - places , she observed a change in it . " I fear you are not well , Mr. Carton ! " " No. But the life I lead , Miss Manette , is ...
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... seated there , returned . The three had risen , and their heads were together when he came back to the garret . " How say you , Jacques ? " demanded Number One . " To be registered ? " " To be registered , as doomed to destruction ...
... seated there , returned . The three had risen , and their heads were together when he came back to the garret . " How say you , Jacques ? " demanded Number One . " To be registered ? " " To be registered , as doomed to destruction ...
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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...