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of the State preserves of loaves and fishes, that things in general were settled for ever. It was the year of Our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five. Spiritual revelations were conceded to England at that favoured

After a pause, one half of the children cried in chorus, ‘Yes, sir!’  Upon which the other half, seeing in the gentleman’s face that Yes was wrong, cried out in chorus, ‘No, sir!’—as the custom is, in these examinations.   ‘Of

The picturesque doctor's daughter, Miss Manette.

Mr. Gradgrind, apprised of his wife's decease, made an expedition from London, and buried her in a business-like manner. He then returned with promptitude to the national cinder-heap, and resumed his sifting for the odds and ends he wanted, and his throwing of the dust about into they eyes of other people who wanted other odds and ends - in fact, he resumed his parliamentary duties.

upon the trees. Though the earth was cold and wet, the sky was clear, and the sun rose bright, placid, and beautiful. "Eighteen years!

People must be amuthed." - Mr. Sleary

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!

blessed birthday, of whom a prophetic private in the Life Guards had heralded the sublime appearance by announcing that arrangements were made for the swallowing

hanging a housebreaker on Saturday who had been taken on Tuesday; now, burning people in the hand at Newgate

in Storm V. The Wood-Sawyer VI. Triumph VII. A Knock at the Door

Yes, Miss Manette is going to be married. But not to an Englishman; to one who, like herself, is French by birth. And speaking of Gaspard (ah, poor Gaspard! It was cruel, cruel!), it is a curious thing that she is going

Shadow XI. Dusk XII. Darkness XIII. Fifty-two XIV. The Knitting Done XV. The Footsteps Die Out For Ever

For gracious sake, don't talk about Liberty; we have quite enough of that.

Comprendió claramente que el castigo de aquellos atormentados espíritus consistía en una ansia infinita de aliviar las desgracias humanas, careciendo de poder para ello.

Todas las fuerzas comprimidas con exceso desgarran y destrozan.

Triumph VII. A Knock at the Door VIII. A Hand at Cards

It’s not convenient, said Scrooge, and it’s not fair. If I was to stop half-a-crown for it, you’d think yourself ill-used, I’ll be bound? The clerk smiled faintly. And yet, said Scrooge, you don’t think me ill-used, when I pay a day’s wages for no

En cuanto a todo lo demás…, lo que ha de ser será.

The great grindstone, Earth, had turned when Mr. Lorry looked out again, and the sun was red on the court-yard. But, the lesser grindstone stood alone there in the calm morning air, with a red upon it that the sun had never given, and would never take away.

He then made bold to inquire what business brought him there.'Your welfare!' said the Ghost.Scrooge expressed himself much obliged, but could not help thinking that a night of unbroken rest would have been more conducive to that end. The Spirit must have heard him thinking, for it said immediately:'Your reclamation, then.