A tale of two citiesTicknor and Fields, 1866 |
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Page 41
... asked Defarge , in a whisper . " Yes ; for a moment . At first I thought it quite hopeless , but I have unquestionably seen , for a single moment , the face that I once knew well . Hush ! Let us draw further back . Hush ! " She had ...
... asked Defarge , in a whisper . " Yes ; for a moment . At first I thought it quite hopeless , but I have unquestionably seen , for a single moment , the face that I once knew well . Hush ! Let us draw further back . Hush ! " She had ...
Page 45
... asked Mr. Lorry . " More fit for that , I think , than to remain in this city , so dreadful to him . " " It is true , " said Defarge , who was kneeling to look on and hear . " More than that ; Monsieur Manette is , for all reasons ...
... asked Mr. Lorry . " More fit for that , I think , than to remain in this city , so dreadful to him . " " It is true , " said Defarge , who was kneeling to look on and hear . " More than that ; Monsieur Manette is , for all reasons ...
Page 47
... asking , miserably , for his shoemaking tools and the unfinished shoes . Madame Defarge immediately called . to her husband that she would get them , and went , knitting , out of the lamplight , through the court - yard . She quickly ...
... asking , miserably , for his shoemaking tools and the unfinished shoes . Madame Defarge immediately called . to her husband that she would get them , and went , knitting , out of the lamplight , through the court - yard . She quickly ...
Page 54
... asked a blessing . " " Don't do it ! " said Mr. Cruncher , looking about , as if he rather expected to see the loaf disappear under the effi- cacy of his wife's petitions . " I ain't a going to be blest out of house and home . I won't ...
... asked a blessing . " " Don't do it ! " said Mr. Cruncher , looking about , as if he rather expected to see the loaf disappear under the effi- cacy of his wife's petitions . " I ain't a going to be blest out of house and home . I won't ...
Page 56
... asked , as the result of that conference . " I am going to tell you . The doorkeeper will pass the note to Mr. Lorry , and do you make any gesture that will attract Mr. Lorry's attention , and show him where you stand . Then what you ...
... asked , as the result of that conference . " I am going to tell you . The doorkeeper will pass the note to Mr. Lorry , and do you make any gesture that will attract Mr. Lorry's attention , and show him where you stand . Then what you ...
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Page 377 - I am the Resurrection and the Life, saith the Lord: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die.
Page 379 - It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done ; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known.
Page 283 - In seasons of pestilence, some of us will have a secret attraction to the disease - a terrible passing inclination to die of it.
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