The Works of Charles Dickens, Volume 21Chapman and Hall, Limited, 1898 |
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... taken on Tuesday ; now , burning people in the hand at Newgate by the dozen , and now burning pamphlets at the door of West- minster Hall ; to - day , taking the life of an atrocious murderer , and to - morrow of a wretched pilferer who ...
... taken on Tuesday ; now , burning people in the hand at Newgate by the dozen , and now burning pamphlets at the door of West- minster Hall ; to - day , taking the life of an atrocious murderer , and to - morrow of a wretched pilferer who ...
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... taken his oath on the two Testaments that they were not fit for the journey . " Wo - ho ! " said the coachman . 66 So , then ! One more pull and you're at the top and be damned to you , for I have had trouble enough to get you to it ...
... taken his oath on the two Testaments that they were not fit for the journey . " Wo - ho ! " said the coachman . 66 So , then ! One more pull and you're at the top and be damned to you , for I have had trouble enough to get you to it ...
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... taken some refreshment on the road , and required none then , and was extremely anxious to see the gentleman from Tellson's immediately , if it suited his pleasure and convenience . The gentleman from Tellson's had nothing left for it ...
... taken some refreshment on the road , and required none then , and was extremely anxious to see the gentleman from Tellson's immediately , if it suited his pleasure and convenience . The gentleman from Tellson's had nothing left for it ...
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... taken to the house of an old servant in Paris , and we are going there : I , to identify him if I can : you , to restore him to life , love , duty , rest , comfort . " A shiver ran through her frame , and from it through his . She said ...
... taken to the house of an old servant in Paris , and we are going there : I , to identify him if I can : you , to restore him to life , love , duty , rest , comfort . " A shiver ran through her frame , and from it through his . She said ...
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... taken up , but so much mud got taken up along with it , that there might have been a scavenger in the street , if anybody acquainted with it could have believed in such a miraculous presence . A shrill sound of laughter and of amused ...
... taken up , but so much mud got taken up along with it , that there might have been a scavenger in the street , if anybody acquainted with it could have believed in such a miraculous presence . A shrill sound of laughter and of amused ...
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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!