The Works of Charles Dickens, Volume 21Chapman and Hall, Limited, 1898 |
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... almost to his broad , blunt nose . It was so like smith's work , so much more like the top of a strongly spiked wall than a head of hair , that the best of players at leap - frog might have declined him , as the most dangerous man.
... almost to his broad , blunt nose . It was so like smith's work , so much more like the top of a strongly spiked wall than a head of hair , that the best of players at leap - frog might have declined him , as the most dangerous man.
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... wall . ( " I really think this must be a man ! " was Mr. Lorry's breathless reflection , simultaneously with his coming against the wall . ) " Why , look at you all ! " bawled this figure , addressing the inn servants . " Why don't you ...
... wall . ( " I really think this must be a man ! " was Mr. Lorry's breathless reflection , simultaneously with his coming against the wall . ) " Why , look at you all ! " bawled this figure , addressing the inn servants . " Why don't you ...
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... wall with his finger dipped in muddy wine - lees - BLOOD . The time was to come , when that wine too would be spilled on the street - stones , and when the stain of it would be red upon many there . And now that the cloud settled on ...
... wall with his finger dipped in muddy wine - lees - BLOOD . The time was to come , when that wine too would be spilled on the street - stones , and when the stain of it would be red upon many there . And now that the cloud settled on ...
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... wall with his hand , and mutter a tremendous curse . No direct answer could have been half so forcible . Mr. Lorry's spirits grew heavier and heavier , as he and his two companions ascended higher and higher . Such a staircase , with ...
... wall with his hand , and mutter a tremendous curse . No direct answer could have been half so forcible . Mr. Lorry's spirits grew heavier and heavier , as he and his two companions ascended higher and higher . Such a staircase , with ...
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... wall . On hearing footsteps close at hand , these three turned , and rose , and showed themselves to be the three of one name who had been drinking in the wine - shop . " I forgot them in the surprise of your visit , " explained ...
... wall . On hearing footsteps close at hand , these three turned , and rose , and showed themselves to be the three of one name who had been drinking in the wine - shop . " I forgot them in the surprise of your visit , " explained ...
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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!