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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... looked back , and even the emphatic the coach , shut the door , and pulled up leader pricked up his ears and looked the window . back , without contradicting . " A dispatch sent after you from over Good - night . " yonder . T. and Co ...
... looked back , and even the emphatic the coach , shut the door , and pulled up leader pricked up his ears and looked the window . back , without contradicting . " A dispatch sent after you from over Good - night . " yonder . T. and Co ...
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... looked in at the wine- shop , as they looked in at every place , high and low , from the king's palace to the criminal's jail . Games at cards languished , players at dominoes musingly built towers with them , drinkers drew figures on ...
... looked in at the wine- shop , as they looked in at every place , high and low , from the king's palace to the criminal's jail . Games at cards languished , players at dominoes musingly built towers with them , drinkers drew figures on ...
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... looked sixty . It was done when you were more than ten years old ; you might have seen it . " " Enough ! " said Defarge , with grim impatience . " Long live the Devil ! Go on . " " Well . Some whisper this , some whisper that ; they ...
... looked sixty . It was done when you were more than ten years old ; you might have seen it . " " Enough ! " said Defarge , with grim impatience . " Long live the Devil ! Go on . " " Well . Some whisper this , some whisper that ; they ...
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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