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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Page 70
... seemed as though the very mention of that weary pacing to and fro had set it a going . " Here they are ! " said Miss Pross , rising to break up the conference ; " and now we shall have hundreds of people pretty soon ! " It was a ...
... seemed as though the very mention of that weary pacing to and fro had set it a going . " Here they are ! " said Miss Pross , rising to break up the conference ; " and now we shall have hundreds of people pretty soon ! " It was a ...
Page 85
... seemed to turn to blood , and the stone faces crimsoned . The carol of the birds was loud and high , and , on the weather - beaten sill of the great window of the bedchamber of Monsieur the Marquis , one little bird sang its sweetest ...
... seemed to turn to blood , and the stone faces crimsoned . The carol of the birds was loud and high , and , on the weather - beaten sill of the great window of the bedchamber of Monsieur the Marquis , one little bird sang its sweetest ...
Page 179
... seemed to strike those words ,. as he confronted him at his counter , he laid the scrap of paper before him . " Whew ! " the chemist whistled softly as he read it . “ Hi ! hi ! hi Sydney Carton took no heed , and the chemist said : " For ...
... seemed to strike those words ,. as he confronted him at his counter , he laid the scrap of paper before him . " Whew ! " the chemist whistled softly as he read it . “ Hi ! hi ! hi Sydney Carton took no heed , and the chemist said : " For ...
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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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