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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... Manette ; all through it , I have known myself to be quite unde- serving . And yet I have had the weak- ness , and have still the weakness , to wish you to know , with what a sudden mastery you kindled me , heap of ashes that I am ...
... Manette ; all through it , I have known myself to be quite unde- serving . And yet I have had the weak- ness , and have still the weakness , to wish you to know , with what a sudden mastery you kindled me , heap of ashes that I am ...
Page 121
... Manette's consulting - room , and to be debating these points outside the Doctor's bedroom door in the early morning ? " Doctor Manette , " said Mr. Lorry , touching him affectionately on the arm , " the case is the case of a ...
... Manette's consulting - room , and to be debating these points outside the Doctor's bedroom door in the early morning ? " Doctor Manette , " said Mr. Lorry , touching him affectionately on the arm , " the case is the case of a ...
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... Manette , be tranquil . To fail in submission to the authority of the Tribunal , would be to put yourself out of Law . As to what is dearer to you than life , nothing can be so dear to a good citizen as the Republic . " Loud ...
... Manette , be tranquil . To fail in submission to the authority of the Tribunal , would be to put yourself out of Law . As to what is dearer to you than life , nothing can be so dear to a good citizen as the Republic . " Loud ...
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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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