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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... woman . " If it was ever in- tended that I should go across salt water , do you suppose Providence would have cast my lot in an island ? " A wild - looking woman , whom , even in his agitation , Mr. Lorry observed to be all of a red ...
... woman . " If it was ever in- tended that I should go across salt water , do you suppose Providence would have cast my lot in an island ? " A wild - looking woman , whom , even in his agitation , Mr. Lorry observed to be all of a red ...
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... woman , knitting . done my horses ? that . " See ! Give him He threw out a gold coin for the valet to pick up , and all the heads craned forward that all the eyes might look down at it as it fell . The tall man called out again with a ...
... woman , knitting . done my horses ? that . " See ! Give him He threw out a gold coin for the valet to pick up , and all the heads craned forward that all the eyes might look down at it as it fell . The tall man called out again with a ...
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... woman . " Madame Defarge looked at her scorn- fully , but still with something of Miss Pross's own perception that they two were at bay . She saw a tight , hard , wiry woman before her , as Mr. Lorry had seen in the same figure a woman ...
... woman . " Madame Defarge looked at her scorn- fully , but still with something of Miss Pross's own perception that they two were at bay . She saw a tight , hard , wiry woman before her , as Mr. Lorry had seen in the same figure a woman ...
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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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