The works of Charles Dickens. Household ed. [22 vols. Orig. issued in monthly parts].1871 |
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... Better to begin slowly . " Thus Monsieur Defarge , in a stern voice , to Mr. Lorry , as they began ascend- ing the stairs . " Is he alone ? " the latter whispered . " Alone ! God help him , who should be with him ? " said the other in ...
... Better to begin slowly . " Thus Monsieur Defarge , in a stern voice , to Mr. Lorry , as they began ascend- ing the stairs . " Is he alone ? " the latter whispered . " Alone ! God help him , who should be with him ? " said the other in ...
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... better do it . " " Then be so kind , " urged Miss Manette , " as to leave us here . You see how composed he has become , and you cannot be afraid to leave him with me now . Why should you be ? If you will lock the door to secure us from ...
... better do it . " " Then be so kind , " urged Miss Manette , " as to leave us here . You see how composed he has become , and you cannot be afraid to leave him with me now . Why should you be ? If you will lock the door to secure us from ...
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... better streets , and ever dimmer in the worse - and by lighted shops , gay crowds , illuminated coffee - houses , and theatre doors , to one of the city gates . Soldiers with lanterns at the guard - house there . " Your papers ...
... better streets , and ever dimmer in the worse - and by lighted shops , gay crowds , illuminated coffee - houses , and theatre doors , to one of the city gates . Soldiers with lanterns at the guard - house there . " Your papers ...
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... better for it in pocket ; and it's my suspicion that you've been at it from morning to night , to prevent me from being the better for it in pocket , and I won't put up with it , Aggerawayter , and what do you say now ? " Growling , in ...
... better for it in pocket ; and it's my suspicion that you've been at it from morning to night , to prevent me from being the better for it in pocket , and I won't put up with it , Aggerawayter , and what do you say now ? " Growling , in ...
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... better than I know the Bailey . Much better , " said Jerry , not unlike a reluctant witness at the establishment in question , " than I , as a honest tradesman , wish to know the Bailey . " " Very well . Find the door where the wit ...
... better than I know the Bailey . Much better , " said Jerry , not unlike a reluctant witness at the establishment in question , " than I , as a honest tradesman , wish to know the Bailey . " " Very well . Find the door where the wit ...
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Page 2 - ... age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way — in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative...
Page 6 - A WONDERFUL fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other. A solemn consideration, when I enter a great city by night, that every one of those darkly clustered houses encloses its own secret; that every room in every one of them encloses its own secret; that every beating heart in the hundreds of thousands of breasts there is, in some of its imaginings, a secret to the heart nearest it!
Page 175 - Guillotine. And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror. Crush humanity out of shape once more, under similar hammers, and it will twist itself into the same tortured forms.
Page 2 - It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way...
Page 175 - Six tumbrils roll along the streets. Change these back again to what they were, thou powerful enchanter, Time, and they shall be seen to be the carriages of absolute monarchs, the equipages of feudal nobles, the toilettes of flaring Jezebels, the churches that are not my father's house but dens of thieves, the huts of millions of starving peasants!
Page 6 - I stood in ignorance on the shore. My friend is dead, my neighbour is dead, my love, the darling of my soul, is dead; it is the inexorable consolidation and perpetuation of the secret that was always in that individuality; and which I shall carry in mine to my life's end. In any of the burial-places in this city through which I pass, is there a sleeper more inscrutable than its busy inhabitants are, in their innermost personality, to me, or than I am to them?