The Works of Charles Dickens, Volume 21Chapman and Hall, Limited, 1898 |
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... face , on the throne of England ; there were a king with a large jaw and a queen with a fair face , on the throne of France . In both countries it was clearer than crystal to the lords of the State preserves of loaves and fishes , that ...
... face , on the throne of England ; there were a king with a large jaw and a queen with a fair face , on the throne of France . In both countries it was clearer than crystal to the lords of the State preserves of loaves and fishes , that ...
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... face , and shake the wet out of his hat - brim , which might be capable of holding about half a gallon . After standing with the bridle over his heavily - splashed arm , until the wheels of the mail were no longer within hearing and the ...
... face , and shake the wet out of his hat - brim , which might be capable of holding about half a gallon . After standing with the bridle over his heavily - splashed arm , until the wheels of the mail were no longer within hearing and the ...
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... faces that showed them- selves before him was the true face of the buried person , the shadows of the night did not indicate ; but they were all the faces of a man of five - and - forty by years , and they differed principally in the ...
... faces that showed them- selves before him was the true face of the buried person , the shadows of the night did not indicate ; but they were all the faces of a man of five - and - forty by years , and they differed principally in the ...
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... face , though lined , bore few traces of anxiety . But , perhaps the confidential bachelor clerks in Tellson's Bank were princi- pally occupied with the cares of other people ; and perhaps second - hand cares , like second - hand ...
... face , though lined , bore few traces of anxiety . But , perhaps the confidential bachelor clerks in Tellson's Bank were princi- pally occupied with the cares of other people ; and perhaps second - hand cares , like second - hand ...
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... face while she sat looking up into his . " Miss Manette , it was I. And you will see how truly I spoke of myself just now , in saying I had no feelings , and that all the relations I hold with my fellow - creatures are mere business ...
... face while she sat looking up into his . " Miss Manette , it was I. And you will see how truly I spoke of myself just now , in saying I had no feelings , and that all the relations I hold with my fellow - creatures are mere business ...
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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!