 ... evening was coming on, and that the sky was red and beautiful. As the reflection died away, and a gloom went creeping up the wall, he watched it deepen, deepen, deepen into night. Then he thought how the long streets were dotted with lamps, and how...  Dombey and Son - Page 245by Charles Dickens - 1848 - 624 pagesFull view - About this book
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...thought how the Jong streets were dotted with bmpx, and how the peaceful stars were shining overhead. His fancy had a strange tendency to wander to the...it was, and how deep it would look, reflecting the bouts of stare — and more than all, how steadily it rolled away to meet the sea. As it grew later... | |
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...dotted with lamps, and how the peaceful stars were shining overhead. His faney had a strange tendeney to wander to the river, which he knew was flowing...the great city; and now he thought how black it was, arid how deep it would look, reflecting the hosts of stars — and more than all, how steadily it rolled... | |
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...thought how the long streets were dotted with lamps, and how the peaceful stars were shining overhead. His fancy had a strange tendency to wander to the...all, how steadily it rolled away to meet the sea. them as they paused, and lose them in the hollow distance, he would lie and watch the many-colored... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 pages
...thought how the long streets were dotted with lamps, and how the peaceful stars were shining overhead. His fancy had a strange tendency to wander to the...it was, and how deep it would look, reflecting the host of stars — and more than all, how steadily it rolled away to meet the sea. As it grew later... | |
 | Edward Thomas Stevens - 1863 - 234 pages
...how the long unseen streets were dotted with lamps, and how the peaceful stars were shining overhead. His fancy had a strange tendency to wander to the...and how deep it would look, reflecting the hosts of the stars — and more than all, how steadily it rolled away to meet the sea. As it grew later in the... | |
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...thought how the long streets were dotted with lamps, and how the peaceful stars were shining overhead. His fancy had a strange tendency to wander to the...all, how steadily it rolled away to meet the sea. When day began to dawn again, he watched for the sun ; and when its cheerful light began to sparkle... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1867 - 576 pages
...thought how the long streets were dotted with lamps, and how the peaceful stars were shining overhead. His fancy had a strange tendency to wander to the...more than all, how steadily it rolled away to meet thre sea. As it grew later in the night, and footsteps in the street became so rare that he could hear... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1869 - 596 pages
...long streets were dotted with lamps, and how the peaceful stars were shining overhead. Hisfancyhad a strange tendency to wander to the river, which he...As it grew later in the night, and footsteps in the streets became so rare that he could hear them coming, count them as they passed, and lose them in... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Elocution - 1871 - 410 pages
...dotted with lamps, and how the peaceful stars were shining overhead. His fancy had a strange tendency2 to wander to the river, which he knew was flowing...all, how steadily it rolled away to meet the sea. 3. As it grew later in the night, and footsteps in the street became so rare that he could hear them... | |
 | Ontario. Council of Public Instruction - English language - 1871 - 506 pages
...thought how the long streets were dotted with lamps, and how the peaceful stars were shining overhead. His fancy had a strange tendency to wander to the...and how deep it would look, reflecting the hosts of stars—and more than all, how steadily it rolled away to meet the sea. As it grew later in the night,... | |
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