The Works of Charles Dickens, Volume 21Chapman and Hall, Limited, 1898 |
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... Miss Manette had arrived from London , and would be happy to see the gentleman from Tellson's . “ So soon ? ” Miss Manette had taken some refreshment on the road , and required none then , and was extremely anxious to see the gentleman ...
... Miss Manette had arrived from London , and would be happy to see the gentleman from Tellson's . “ So soon ? ” Miss Manette had taken some refreshment on the road , and required none then , and was extremely anxious to see the gentleman ...
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... Miss Manette . " Pray take a seat , sir . " In a very clear and pleasant young voice ; a little foreign in its accent , but a very little indeed . " I kiss your hand , miss , " said Mr. Lorry , with the manners of an earlier date , as ...
... Miss Manette . " Pray take a seat , sir . " In a very clear and pleasant young voice ; a little foreign in its accent , but a very little indeed . " I kiss your hand , miss , " said Mr. Lorry , with the manners of an earlier date , as ...
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... Miss Manette ? " " If you please , sir . " " Miss Manette , I am a man of business . I have a business charge to acquit myself of . In your reception of it , don't heed me any more than if I was a.
... Miss Manette ? " " If you please , sir . " " Miss Manette , I am a man of business . I have a business charge to acquit myself of . In your reception of it , don't heed me any more than if I was a.
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... Manette , your father , the gentleman was of Beauvais . Like Monsieur ... miss , of twenty years ago . He married -- an English lady - and I was one ... miss ; there is no friendship in them , no particular interest , nothing like ...
... Manette , your father , the gentleman was of Beauvais . Like Monsieur ... miss , of twenty years ago . He married -- an English lady - and I was one ... miss ; there is no friendship in them , no particular interest , nothing like ...
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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!