A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens

facilities for seeing much of it. They told me a curious thing when I was there.” “What was that?” Luci ...

open, they were overpowered by heat. When the tea-table was done with, they all moved to one of the win ...

stipulations. There is a great crowd bearing down upon us, Miss Manette, and I see them—by the Lightning. ...

VII. Monseigneur in Town Monseigneur, one of the great lords in power at the Court, held his fortnightly receptio ...

order (altered from the original by only a pronoun, which is not much) ran: “The earth and the ful ...

were no less abundant. Doctors who made great fortunes out of dainty remedies for imaginary disorders tha ...

were perfectly dressed. If the Day of Judgment had only been ascertained to be a dress day, everybody ...

“I devote you,” said this person, stopping at the last door on his way, and turning in the direction ...

Original But for the latter inconvenience, the carriage probably would not have stopped; carriage ...

voice of the submissive man who had spoken, was flat and tame in its extreme submission. Monsieur the Marquis ran ...

“You dogs!” said the Marquis, but smoothly, and with an unchanged front, except as to the spots on his n ...

VIII. Monseigneur in the Country A beautiful landscape, with the corn bright in it, but not abundant. Patches o ...

there was any village left unswallowed. Few children were to be seen, and no dogs. As to the men and women, ...

the days of my life, I never saw him.” “Swinging by the chain? To be suffocated?” “With your gracious p ...

fortunate. The burst with which the carriage started out of the village and up the rise beyond, was soon checked ...

“Again, well? Can I feed them?” “Monseigneur, the good God knows; but I don't ask it. My petition is, that ...

IX. The Gorgon's Head It was a heavy mass of building, that chateau of Monsieur the Marquis, with ...

night only showed in slight horizontal lines of black, alternating with their broad lines of stone colour ...

table. “Yesterday. And you?” “I come direct.” “From London?” “Yes.” “You have been a long time coming,” ...

“I recall it.” “Thank you,” said the Marquis—very sweetly indeed. His tone lingered in the air, almost lik ...