A Tale of Two Cities, and Sketches by BozEstes and Lauriat, 1880 - 810 pages |
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... side of the mail , as the rest of the passengers did ; not because they had the least relish for walk- ing exercise , under the circumstances , but because the hill , and the harness , and the mud , and the mail , were all so heavy ...
... side of the mail , as the rest of the passengers did ; not because they had the least relish for walk- ing exercise , under the circumstances , but because the hill , and the harness , and the mud , and the mail , were all so heavy ...
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... side . They had stopped when the coach stopped , and they kept close company with it . If any one of the three had had the hardihood to propose to another to walk on a little ahead into the mist and darkness , he would have put himself ...
... side . They had stopped when the coach stopped , and they kept close company with it . If any one of the three had had the hardihood to propose to another to walk on a little ahead into the mist and darkness , he would have put himself ...
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... side of the mail , where the passenger stood . The rider stooped , and , casting up his eyes at the guard , handed the passenger a small folded paper . The rider's horse was blown , and both horse and rider were covered with mud , from ...
... side of the mail , where the passenger stood . The rider stooped , and , casting up his eyes at the guard , handed the passenger a small folded paper . The rider's horse was blown , and both horse and rider were covered with mud , from ...
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... side , for nothing would turn the man . Madame Defarge , his wife , sat in the shop behind the counter as he came in . Madame Defarge was a stout woman of about his own age , with a watchful eye that seldom seemed to look at anything ...
... side , for nothing would turn the man . Madame Defarge , his wife , sat in the shop behind the counter as he came in . Madame Defarge was a stout woman of about his own age , with a watchful eye that seldom seemed to look at anything ...
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... side which Mr. Lorry took , as though he dreaded to be asked any question by the young lady , turned himself about here , and , carefully feeling in the pockets of the coat he carried over his shoulder , took out a key . " The door is ...
... side which Mr. Lorry took , as though he dreaded to be asked any question by the young lady , turned himself about here , and , carefully feeling in the pockets of the coat he carried over his shoulder , took out a key . " The door is ...
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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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