The Works of Charles Dickens, Volume 21Chapman and Hall, Limited, 1898 |
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... Lorry . " Our booked passenger showed in a moment that it was his name . The guard , the coachman , and the two other passengers eyed him distrustfully . " Keep where you are , " the guard called to the voice in the mist , " because ...
... Lorry . " Our booked passenger showed in a moment that it was his name . The guard , the coachman , and the two other passengers eyed him distrustfully . " Keep where you are , " the guard called to the voice in the mist , " because ...
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... Lorry . " " What is the matter ? " " A despatch sent after you from over yonder . T. and Co. " " I know this messenger , guard , " said Mr. Lorry , getting down into the road - assisted from behind more swiftly than politely by the ...
... Lorry . " " What is the matter ? " " A despatch sent after you from over yonder . T. and Co. " " I know this messenger , guard , " said Mr. Lorry , getting down into the road - assisted from behind more swiftly than politely by the ...
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... Lorry dropped off to sleep . The arrival of his breakfast roused him , and he said to the drawer , as he moved his chair to it : " I wish accommodation prepared for a young lady who may come here at any time to - day . She may ask for ...
... Lorry dropped off to sleep . The arrival of his breakfast roused him , and he said to the drawer , as he moved his chair to it : " I wish accommodation prepared for a young lady who may come here at any time to - day . She may ask for ...
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... Lorry had finished his breakfast , he went out for a stroll on the beach . The little narrow , crooked town of Dover hid itself away from the beach , and ran its head into the chalk cliffs , like a marine ostrich . The beach was a ...
... Lorry had finished his breakfast , he went out for a stroll on the beach . The little narrow , crooked town of Dover hid itself away from the beach , and ran its head into the chalk cliffs , like a marine ostrich . The beach was a ...
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... Lorry , with the manners of an earlier date , as he made his formal bow again , and took his seat . " I received a letter from the Bank , sir , yesterday , informing me that some intelligence - or discovery—— 99 " The word is not ...
... Lorry , with the manners of an earlier date , as he made his formal bow again , and took his seat . " I received a letter from the Bank , sir , yesterday , informing me that some intelligence - or discovery—— 99 " The word is not ...
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Page 12 - WONDERFUL fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other. A solemn consideration, when I enter a great city by night, that every one of those darkly clustered houses encloses its own secret; that every room in every one of them encloses its own secret; that every beating heart in the hundreds of thousands of breasts there is, in some of its imaginings, a secret to the heart nearest it!