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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... passed in to Tellson's , Jerry took up his station on this windy March morning , with young Jerry standing by him , when not engaged in making forays through the Bar , to inflict bodily and mental injuries of an acute description on passing ...
... passed in to Tellson's , Jerry took up his station on this windy March morning , with young Jerry standing by him , when not engaged in making forays through the Bar , to inflict bodily and mental injuries of an acute description on passing ...
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... passed the inquiry on to the nearest attendant , and from him it had been more slowly pressed and passed back ; at last it got to Jerry . " Witnesses . " " For which side ? " Against . " 26 66 Against what side ? " " The prisoner's ...
... passed the inquiry on to the nearest attendant , and from him it had been more slowly pressed and passed back ; at last it got to Jerry . " Witnesses . " " For which side ? " Against . " 26 66 Against what side ? " " The prisoner's ...
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... passed a long night up there, with the distant chateau for fire and candle, and the beating at his door, combined ... passing a whole summer night on the brink of the black ocean, ready to take that plunge into it upon which Monsieur ...
... passed a long night up there, with the distant chateau for fire and candle, and the beating at his door, combined ... passing a whole summer night on the brink of the black ocean, ready to take that plunge into it upon which Monsieur ...
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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