The Works of Charles Dickens, Volume 21Chapman and Hall, Limited, 1898 |
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... asked the passenger , then , with mildly quavering speech . " Who wants me ? Is it Jerry ? " ( " I don't like Jerry's voice , if it is Jerry , " growled the guard to himself . " He's hoarser than suits me , is Jerry . " ) " Yes , Mr ...
... asked the passenger , then , with mildly quavering speech . " Who wants me ? Is it Jerry ? " ( " I don't like Jerry's voice , if it is Jerry , " growled the guard to himself . " He's hoarser than suits me , is Jerry . " ) " Yes , Mr ...
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... 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 locked then , my friend ? " said Mr. Lorry , surprised ...
... 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 locked then , my friend ? " said Mr. Lorry , surprised ...
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... asked him in a whisper , with a little anger : " Do you make a show of Monsieur Manette ? " " I show him , in the way you have seen , to a chosen few . " " Is that well . " " I think it is well . " " Who are the few ? How do you choose ...
... asked him in a whisper , with a little anger : " Do you make a show of Monsieur Manette ? " " I show him , in the way you have seen , to a chosen few . " " Is that well . " " I think it is well . " " Who are the few ? How do you choose ...
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... asked Defarge , motioning to Mr. Lorry to come forward . " What did you say ? " I suppose so . I don't " Do you mean to finish that pair of shoes to - day ? " " I can't say that I mean to . know . " But , the question reminded him of ...
... asked Defarge , motioning to Mr. Lorry to come forward . " What did you say ? " I suppose so . I don't " Do you mean to finish that pair of shoes to - day ? " " I can't say that I mean to . know . " But , the question reminded him of ...
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... asked leave to- 99 He lapsed away , even for minutes , ringing those measured changes on his hands the whole time . His eyes came slowly back , at last , to the face from which they had wandered ; when they rested on it , he started ...
... asked leave to- 99 He lapsed away , even for minutes , ringing those measured changes on his hands the whole time . His eyes came slowly back , at last , to the face from which they had wandered ; when they rested on it , he started ...
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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!