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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... knew they were ) , and being a responsible jury ( as they knew they were ) , must positively find the prisoner guilty , and make an end of him , whether they liked it or not . That , they never could lay their heads upon their pillows ...
... knew they were ) , and being a responsible jury ( as they knew they were ) , must positively find the prisoner guilty , and make an end of him , whether they liked it or not . That , they never could lay their heads upon their pillows ...
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... knew Miss Pross to be very jealous , but he also knew her by this time to be , beneath the surface of her eccentricity , one of those unselfish , creatures found only among women- who will , for pure love and admiration , bind ...
... knew Miss Pross to be very jealous , but he also knew her by this time to be , beneath the surface of her eccentricity , one of those unselfish , creatures found only among women- who will , for pure love and admiration , bind ...
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... knew that and those dear to her , are far dearer this prisoner , of whom I speak , had to me than my life . Who and ... knew , " said Defarge , looking down at his wife , who stood at the bottom of the steps on which he was raised , look ...
... knew that and those dear to her , are far dearer this prisoner , of whom I speak , had to me than my life . Who and ... knew , " said Defarge , looking down at his wife , who stood at the bottom of the steps on which he was raised , look ...
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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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