The Works of Charles Dickens, Volume 21Chapman and Hall, Limited, 1898 |
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... was flourishing , a matter of fifty , not to speak of fifteen years ago ? " " You might treble that , and say a hundred and fifty , yet not be far from the truth . " " Indeed , sir ! " Rounding his mouth and both his eyes , as he.
... was flourishing , a matter of fifty , not to speak of fifteen years ago ? " " You might treble that , and say a hundred and fifty , yet not be far from the truth . " " Indeed , sir ! " Rounding his mouth and both his eyes , as he.
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... speak of could be expected from them until they were dug out . The obscurity was so difficult to penetrate that Mr. Lorry , picking his way over the well - worn Turkey carpet , supposed Miss Manette to be , for the moment , in some ...
... speak of could be expected from them until they were dug out . The obscurity was so difficult to penetrate that Mr. Lorry , picking his way over the well - worn Turkey carpet , supposed Miss Manette to be , for the moment , in some ...
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Charles Dickens. don't heed me any more than if I was a speaking machine— truly , I am not much else . I will , with your ... speak , miss , of twenty years ago . He married -- an English lady - and I was one of the trustees . His affairs ...
Charles Dickens. don't heed me any more than if I was a speaking machine— truly , I am not much else . I will , with your ... speak , miss , of twenty years ago . He married -- an English lady - and I was one of the trustees . His affairs ...
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... speak of in a whisper , across the water there ; for instance , the privilege of filling up blank forms for the consignment of any one to the oblivion of a prison for any length of time ; if his wife had implored the king , the queen ...
... speak of in a whisper , across the water there ; for instance , the privilege of filling up blank forms for the consignment of any one to the oblivion of a prison for any length of time ; if his wife had implored the king , the queen ...
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... speak a word or two of reassurance . 66 Courage , dear miss ! Courage ! Business ! The worst will be over in a moment ; it is but passing the room - door , and the worst is over . Then , all the good you bring to him , all the relief ...
... speak a word or two of reassurance . 66 Courage , dear miss ! Courage ! Business ! The worst will be over in a moment ; it is but passing the room - door , and the worst is over . Then , all the good you bring to him , all the relief ...
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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!