The Works of Charles Dickens, Volume 21Chapman and Hall, Limited, 1898 |
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... . CHAPTER I. PAGR The Period . . 1 CHAPTER II . The Mail 5 CHAPTER III . The Night Shadows 12 CHAPTER IV . The Preparation . . 17 CHAPTER V. The Wine - shop 31 CHAPTER VI . The Shoemaker 44 BOOK THE SECOND . THE GOLDEN THREAD . CHAPTER I.
... . CHAPTER I. PAGR The Period . . 1 CHAPTER II . The Mail 5 CHAPTER III . The Night Shadows 12 CHAPTER IV . The Preparation . . 17 CHAPTER V. The Wine - shop 31 CHAPTER VI . The Shoemaker 44 BOOK THE SECOND . THE GOLDEN THREAD . CHAPTER I.
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... night ; families were publicly cautioned not to go out of town without removing their furniture to ́upholsterers ' warehouses for security ; the highwayman in the dark was a City tradesman in the light , and , being recognised and ...
... night ; families were publicly cautioned not to go out of town without removing their furniture to ́upholsterers ' warehouses for security ; the highwayman in the dark was a City tradesman in the light , and , being recognised and ...
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... night late in November , before the first of the persons with whom this history has business . The Dover road lay , as to him , beyond the Dover mail , as it lumbered up Shooter's Hill . He walked uphill in the mire by the side of the ...
... night late in November , before the first of the persons with whom this history has business . The Dover road lay , as to him , beyond the Dover mail , as it lumbered up Shooter's Hill . He walked uphill in the mire by the side of the ...
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... night , made it very quiet indeed . The panting of the horses communicated a tremulous motion to the coach , as if it were in a state of agitation . The hearts of the passengers beat loud enough perhaps to be heard ; but at any rate ...
... night , made it very quiet indeed . The panting of the horses communicated a tremulous motion to the coach , as if it were in a state of agitation . The hearts of the passengers beat loud enough perhaps to be heard ; but at any rate ...
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... night was quite still again , he turned to walk down the hill . " After that there gallop from Temple Bar , old lady , I won't trust your fore - legs till I get you on the level , " said this hoarse messenger , glancing at his mare ...
... night was quite still again , he turned to walk down the hill . " After that there gallop from Temple Bar , old lady , I won't trust your fore - legs till I get you on the level , " said this hoarse messenger , glancing at his mare ...
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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!