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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... stood quiet . The sort of interest with which this man was stared and breathed at , was not a sort that elevated humanity . Had he stood in peril of a less horrible sen- tence - had there been a chance of any one of its savage details ...
... stood quiet . The sort of interest with which this man was stared and breathed at , was not a sort that elevated humanity . Had he stood in peril of a less horrible sen- tence - had there been a chance of any one of its savage details ...
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... stood the dis- used shoemaker's bench and tray of tools , much as it had stood on the fifth floor of the dismal house by the wine- shop , in the suburb of Saint Antoine in Paris . " I wonder , " said Mr. Lorry , pausing in his looking ...
... stood the dis- used shoemaker's bench and tray of tools , much as it had stood on the fifth floor of the dismal house by the wine- shop , in the suburb of Saint Antoine in Paris . " I wonder , " said Mr. Lorry , pausing in his looking ...
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... stood knitting looked up steadily , and looked the " I know all , I know all , " said the Marquis in the face . It was not for his last comer . " Be a brave man , my Gas- dignity to notice it ; his contemptuous pard ! It is better for ...
... stood knitting looked up steadily , and looked the " I know all , I know all , " said the Marquis in the face . It was not for his last comer . " Be a brave man , my Gas- dignity to notice it ; his contemptuous pard ! It is better 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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