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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Page 152
... brought him here unknown lay . " to us ; he was stopped at the barrier , and sent to prison . " needle at little Lucie , as if it were the. and he had closed both again , and he shivered through his frame . From the street beyond the ...
... brought him here unknown lay . " to us ; he was stopped at the barrier , and sent to prison . " needle at little Lucie , as if it were the. and he had closed both again , and he shivered through his frame . From the street beyond the ...
Page 188
... brought me here , it brought me to my grave . When I was clear of the house a black muffler was drawn tightly over my mouth from behind , and my arms were pinioned . The two brothers crossed the road from a dark corner , and identified ...
... brought me here , it brought me to my grave . When I was clear of the house a black muffler was drawn tightly over my mouth from behind , and my arms were pinioned . The two brothers crossed the road from a dark corner , and identified ...
Page 199
... brought me in ? " " Of course . " " I was weak and faint when you brought me in , and I am fainter now you take me out . The parting interview has overpowered me . Such a thing has happened here often , and too often . Your life is in ...
... brought me in ? " " Of course . " " I was weak and faint when you brought me in , and I am fainter now you take me out . The parting interview has overpowered me . Such a thing has happened here often , and too often . Your life is in ...
Contents
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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