A Tale of Two Cities, Volume 2Sheldon, 1863 |
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... had lately passed over him , like a cold wind . He gave his arm to his daughter , and took her down- stairs to the chariot which Mr. Lorry had hired in honor of the day . The rest followed in another carriage A TALE OF TWO CITIES . 9.
... had lately passed over him , like a cold wind . He gave his arm to his daughter , and took her down- stairs to the chariot which Mr. Lorry had hired in honor of the day . The rest followed in another carriage A TALE OF TWO CITIES . 9.
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... took up another that was lying by him , and asked him what it was ? " A young lady's walking shoe , " he muttered , without looking up . " It ought to have been finished long ago . Let it be . " " But , Doctor Manette . Look at me ...
... took up another that was lying by him , and asked him what it was ? " A young lady's walking shoe , " he muttered , without looking up . " It ought to have been finished long ago . Let it be . " " But , Doctor Manette . Look at me ...
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... took in the hope of his coming to himself . If that should happen soon , he kept another course in reserve ; which was , to have a certain opinion that he thought the best , on the Doctor's case . In the hope of his recovery , and of ...
... took in the hope of his coming to himself . If that should happen soon , he kept another course in reserve ; which was , to have a certain opinion that he thought the best , on the Doctor's case . In the hope of his recovery , and of ...
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... took a deep breath , " a slight relapse . " The Doctor , in a low voice , asked , " Of how long duration ? " " Nine days and nights . " " How did it show itself ? I infer , " glancing at his hands again , " in the resumption of some old ...
... took a deep breath , " a slight relapse . " The Doctor , in a low voice , asked , " Of how long duration ? " " Nine days and nights . " " How did it show itself ? I infer , " glancing at his hands again , " in the resumption of some old ...
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... took place in the re- lapse ? " asked Mr. Lorry , with natural hesitation . The Doctor looked desolately round the room , shook his head , and answered , in a low voice , " Not at all . " " Now , as to the future , " hinted Mr. Lorry ...
... took place in the re- lapse ? " asked Mr. Lorry , with natural hesitation . The Doctor looked desolately round the room , shook his head , and answered , in a low voice , " Not at all . " " Now , as to the future , " hinted Mr. Lorry ...
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Page 254 - 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." The murmuring of many voices, the upturning of many faces, the pressing on of many footsteps in the outskirts of the crowd, so that it swells forward in a mass, like one great heave of water, all flashes away. Twenty-three. They said of him, about the city that night, that it was the peacefullest man's face ever beheld there....
Page 253 - Or you to me," says Sydney Carton. "Keep your eyes upon me, dear child, and mind no other object." "I mind nothing while I hold your hand. I shall mind nothing when I let it go, if they are rapid." "They will be rapid. Fear not!" The two stand in the fast-thinning throng of victims, but they speak as if they were alone. Eye to eye, voice to voice, hand to hand, heart to heart, these two children of the Universal Mother, else so wide apart and differing, have come together on the dark highway, to...