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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... close together at the side of a door , and who were intently looking into the room to which the door be- longed , through some chinks or holes in the wall . On hearing footsteps close at hand , these three turned , and rose , and showed ...
... close together at the side of a door , and who were intently looking into the room to which the door be- longed , through some chinks or holes in the wall . On hearing footsteps close at hand , these three turned , and rose , and showed ...
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... 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 to promise bloodshed , held ...
... 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 to promise bloodshed , held ...
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... close beside him . " Write exactly as I speak . " " To whom do I address it ? " them . That I do so , is no subject for regret or grief . ' As he said these words with his eyes fixed on the writer , his hand slowly and softly moved down ...
... close beside him . " Write exactly as I speak . " " To whom do I address it ? " them . That I do so , is no subject for regret or grief . ' As he said these words with his eyes fixed on the writer , his hand slowly and softly moved down ...
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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