Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
"Second: them poor things well out o' this, and never no more will I interfere with Mrs. Cruncher's flopping, never no more!"Whatever housekeeping arrangement that may be," said Miss Pross, striving to dry her eyes and compose herself, "I have no doubt it is best that Mrs. Cruncher should have it entirely under her own superintendence.βO my poor darlings!"I go so far as to say, miss, moreover," proceeded Mr. Cruncher, with a most alarming tendency to hold forth as from a pulpitβ"and let my words be took down and took to Mrs. Cruncher through yourselfβthat wot my opinions respectin' flopping has undergone a change, and that wot I only hope with all my heart as Mrs. Cruncher may be a flopping at the present time."There, there, there! I hope she is, my dear man," cried the distracted Miss Pross, "and I hope she finds it answering her expectations."
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"Second: them poor things well out o' this, and never no more will I interfere with Mrs. Cruncher's flopping, never no more!"Whatever housekeeping arrangement that may be," said Miss Pross, striving to dry her eyes and compose herself, "I have no doubt it is best that Mrs. Cruncher should have it entirely under her own superintendence.βO my poor darlings!"I go so far as to say, miss, moreover," proceeded Mr. Cruncher, with a most alarming tendency to hold forth as from a pulpitβ"and let my words be took down and took to Mrs. Cruncher through yourselfβthat wot my opinions respectin' flopping has undergone a change, and that wot I only hope with all my heart as Mrs. Cruncher may be a flopping at the present time."There, there, there! I hope she is, my dear man," cried the distracted Miss Pross, "and I hope she finds it answering her expectations."
Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
"Not knowing how he lost himself, or how he recovered himself, he may never feel certain of not losing himself again."
Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
"A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other."
Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
"You might, from your appearance, be the wife of Lucifer,β said Miss Pross, in her breathing. βNevertheless, you shall not get the better of me. I am an Englishwoman."
Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
"They looked at one another, and their hearts died within them."
Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
"And who among the company at Monseigneur's reception in that seventeen hundred and eightieth year of our Lord, could possibly doubt, that a system rooted in a frizzled hangman, powdered, gold-laced, pumped, and white-silk stockinged, would see the very stars out!"
Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
"Since I knew you, I have been troubled by a remorse that I thought would never reproach me again, and have heard whispers from old voices impelling me upward, that I thought were silent for ever. I have had unformed ideas of striving afresh, beginning anew, shaking off sloth and sensuality, and fighting out the abandoned fight. A dream, all a dream, that ends in nothing, and leaves the sleeper where he lay down, but I wish you to know that you inspired it."
Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
"A dream, all a dream, that ends in nothing, and leaves the sleeper where he lay down, but I wish you to know that you inspired it."
Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
"I have had unformed ideas of striving afresh, beginning anew, shaking off sloth and sensuality, and fighting out the abandoned fight. A dream, all a dream, that ends in nothing, and leaves the sleeper where he lay down, but I wish you to know that you inspired it."
Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
"You touch some of the reasons for my going, not for my staying away."
Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
"That, they never could lay their heads upon their pillows; that, they could never tolerate the idea of their wives laying their heads upon their pillows; that, they could never endure the notion of their children laying their heads on their pillows; in short , that there never more could be , for them or theirs , any laying of heads upon pillows at all , unless the prisioner's head was taken off. The Attorney General during the trial of Mr. Darnay"
Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
"You are hard at work madam ," said the man near her. Yes," Answered Madam Defarge ; " I have a good deal to do."What do you make, Madam "Many things."For instance ---"For instance," returned Madam Defarge , composedly ,Shrouds."The man moved a little further away, as soon as he could, feeling it mightily close and oppressive ."
Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
"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 repair home together and to rest in her bosom."
Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
"I care for no man on earth, and no man on earth cares for me."
Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
"Mr Lorry asks the witness questions:Ever been kicked? Might have been. Frequently? No. Ever kicked down stairs? Decidedly not; once received a kick at the top of a staircase, and fell down stairs of his own accord."
Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
"And a beautiful world we live in, when it is possible, and when many other such things are possible, and not only possible, but done-- done, see you!-- under that sky there, every day."
Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
"Before I go," he said, and paused -- "I may kiss her"It was remembered afterwards that when he bent down and touched her face with his lips, he murmured some words. The child, who was nearest to him, told them afterwards, and told her grandchildren when she was a handsome old lady, that she heard him say, "A life you love."
Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
"βAnd yet I have had the weakness, and have still the weakness, to wish you to know with what a sudden mastery you kindled me, heap of ashes that I am, into fire."
Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
"I wish you to know that you have been the last dream of my soul."
Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
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