A Tale of Two CitiesT.B.Peterson and brothers, 1859 Presents Dickens' classic novel of love, courage, and sacrifice set against the cataclysmic events of the French Revolution. During the French Revolution a sissolute English lawyer goes to th eguillotine to save a French aristocrat, husband of the woman he loves. |
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... Jacques . Give him to drink , my wife . " A second man got up and went out . Madame Defarge set wine before the mender of roads called Jacques , who doffed his blue cap to the company , and drank . In the breast of his blouse he carried ...
... Jacques . Give him to drink , my wife . " A second man got up and went out . Madame Defarge set wine before the mender of roads called Jacques , who doffed his blue cap to the company , and drank . In the breast of his blouse he carried ...
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... Jacques Three , who had come close up . " Monsieur , it is a cell . " " Show it me ! " " Pass this way , then . " Jacques Three , with his usual craving on him , and evidently disappointed by the dialogue taking a turn that did not seem ...
... Jacques Three , who had come close up . " Monsieur , it is a cell . " " Show it me ! " " Pass this way , then . " Jacques Three , with his usual craving on him , and evidently disappointed by the dialogue taking a turn that did not seem ...
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... Jacques Three , dubiously shaking his head , with his cruel fingers at his hungry mouth ; " it is not quite like a good citizen ; it is a thing to regret . " " See you , " said madame , " I care no- thing for this Doctor , I. He may ...
... Jacques Three , dubiously shaking his head , with his cruel fingers at his hungry mouth ; " it is not quite like a good citizen ; it is a thing to regret . " " See you , " said madame , " I care no- thing for this Doctor , I. He may ...
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RECALLED TO LIFE I The Period CHAPTER | 23 |
The Mail | 24 |
THE FIGURES OF A HORSE AND RIDER CAME SLOWLY THROUGH THE EDDYING MIST | 26 |
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