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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... mean- ing , Mr. Lorry ? " demanded Stryver , perceptibly crest - fallen . " Well ! I- -Were you going there now ? " asked Mr. Lorry . 66 Straight ! " said Stryver , with a plump of his fist on the desk . " Then I think I wouldn't , if I ...
... mean- ing , Mr. Lorry ? " demanded Stryver , perceptibly crest - fallen . " Well ! I- -Were you going there now ? " asked Mr. Lorry . 66 Straight ! " said Stryver , with a plump of his fist on the desk . " Then I think I wouldn't , if I ...
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... mean any fashion of speech . Indeed , when I say I wish we might be friends , I scarcely mean quite that , either . " Charles Darnay - as was natural- asked him , in all good - humor and good- fellowship , what he did mean ? " Upon my ...
... mean any fashion of speech . Indeed , when I say I wish we might be friends , I scarcely mean quite that , either . " Charles Darnay - as was natural- asked him , in all good - humor and good- fellowship , what he did mean ? " Upon my ...
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... mean a captive , or a place of captivity ? Or do you mean that I shall strike you dead ? " " Kill him ! " croaked Jacques Three , who had come close up . " Monsieur , it is a cell . " " Show it me ! " " Pass this way , then . " Jacques ...
... mean a captive , or a place of captivity ? Or do you mean that I shall strike you dead ? " " Kill him ! " croaked Jacques Three , who had come close up . " Monsieur , it is a cell . " " Show it me ! " " Pass this way , then . " Jacques ...
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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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