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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... live by cheating at play ? Never . Ever live by play ? Not more than other gentlemen do . Ever borrow money of the prisoner ? Yes . Ever pay him ? No. Was not this intimacy with the prisoner , in reality a very slight one , forced upon ...
... live by cheating at play ? Never . Ever live by play ? Not more than other gentlemen do . Ever borrow money of the prisoner ? Yes . Ever pay him ? No. Was not this intimacy with the prisoner , in reality a very slight one , forced upon ...
Page 108
... live the King , Long live the Queen , Long live everybody and every thing as if he had never heard of ubi- quitous Jacques in his time . Then , there were gardens , court - yards , ter- races , fountains , green banks , more King and ...
... live the King , Long live the Queen , Long live everybody and every thing as if he had never heard of ubi- quitous Jacques in his time . Then , there were gardens , court - yards , ter- races , fountains , green banks , more King and ...
Page 212
... live a long time ! she may even live to be old . " " What then , my gentle sister ? " " Do you think " the uncomplaining eyes in which there is so much endur- ance , fill with tears , and the lips part a little more and tremble- " that ...
... live a long time ! she may even live to be old . " " What then , my gentle sister ? " " Do you think " the uncomplaining eyes in which there is so much endur- ance , fill with tears , and the lips part a little more and tremble- " that ...
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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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