https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/ It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of... en https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/40/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/40/ “I, Alexandre Manette, unfortunate physician, native of Beauvais, and afterwards resident in Paris, write this melancholy paper in my doleful cell in the Bastille, during the la... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/9/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/9/ Mr. Attorney-General had to inform the jury, that the prisoner before them, though young in years, was old in the treasonable practices which claimed the forfeit of his life. Th... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/38/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/38/ Happily unconscious of the new calamity at home, Miss Pross threaded her way along the narrow streets and crossed the river by the bridge of the Pont-Neuf, reckoning in her mind... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/44/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/44/ In that same juncture of time when the Fifty-Two awaited their fate Madame Defarge held darkly ominous council with The Vengeance and Jacques Three of the Revolutionary Jury. No... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/39/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/39/ While Sydney Carton and the Sheep of the prisons were in the adjoining dark room, speaking so low that not a sound was heard, Mr. Lorry looked at Jerry in considerable doubt and... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/12/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/12/ The quiet lodgings of Doctor Manette were in a quiet street-corner not far from Soho-square. On the afternoon of a certain fine Sunday when the waves of four months had rolled o... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/30/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/30/ In such risings of fire and risings of sea--the firm earth shaken by the rushes of an angry ocean which had now no ebb, but was always on the flow, higher and higher, to the ter... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/43/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/43/ In the black prison of the Conciergerie, the doomed of the day awaited their fate. They were in number as the weeks of the year. Fifty-two were to roll that afternoon on the lif... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/4/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/4/ When the mail got successfully to Dover, in the course of the forenoon, the head drawer at the Royal George Hotel opened the coach-door as his custom was. He did it with some fl... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/27/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/27/ A wonderful corner for echoes, it has been remarked, that corner where the Doctor lived. Ever busily winding the golden thread which bound her husband, and her father, and herse... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/31/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/31/ The traveller fared slowly on his way, who fared towards Paris from England in the autumn of the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two. More than enough of bad roads, b... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/21/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/21/ There had been earlier drinking than usual in the wine-shop of Monsieur Defarge. As early as six o’clock in the morning, sallow faces peeping through its barred windows had desc... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/5/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/5/ A large cask of wine had been dropped and broken, in the street. The accident had happened in getting it out of a cart; the cask had tumbled out with a run, the hoops had burst,... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/6/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/6/ After a long silence, the head was lifted for another moment, and the voice replied, “Yes--I am working.” This time, a pair of haggard eyes had looked at the questioner, before... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/15/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/15/ It was a heavy mass of building, that chateau of Monsieur the Marquis, with a large stone courtyard before it, and two stone sweeps of staircase meeting in a stone terrace befor... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/20/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/20/ To the eyes of Mr. Jeremiah Cruncher, sitting on his stool in Fleet-street with his grisly urchin beside him, a vast number and variety of objects in movement were every day pre... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/22/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/22/ Madame Defarge and monsieur her husband returned amicably to the bosom of Saint Antoine, while a speck in a blue cap toiled through the darkness, and through the dust, and down... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/13/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/13/ Monseigneur, one of the great lords in power at the Court, held his fortnightly reception in his grand hotel in Paris. Monseigneur was in his inner room, his sanctuary of sanctu... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/42/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/42/ Sydney Carton paused in the street, not quite decided where to go. “At Tellson’s banking-house at nine,” he said, with a musing face. “Shall I do well, in the mean time, to show... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/16/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/16/ More months, to the number of twelve, had come and gone, and Mr. Charles Darnay was established in England as a higher teacher of the French language who was conversant with Fre... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/25/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/25/ Worn out by anxious watching, Mr. Lorry fell asleep at his post. On the tenth morning of his suspense, he was startled by the shining of the sun into the room where a heavy slum... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/29/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/29/ There was a change on the village where the fountain fell, and where the mender of roads went forth daily to hammer out of the stones on the highway such morsels of bread as mig... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/18/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/18/ Mr. Stryver having made up his mind to that magnanimous bestowal of good fortune on the Doctor’s daughter, resolved to make her happiness known to her before he left town for th... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/36/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/36/ The dread tribunal of five Judges, Public Prosecutor, and determined Jury, sat every day. Their lists went forth every evening, and were read out by the gaolers of the various p... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/32/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/32/ Tellson’s Bank, established in the Saint Germain Quarter of Paris, was in a wing of a large house, approached by a courtyard and shut off from the street by a high wall and a st... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/24/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/24/ The marriage-day was shining brightly, and they were ready outside the closed door of the Doctor’s room, where he was speaking with Charles Darnay. They were ready to go to chur... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/7/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/7/ Tellson’s Bank by Temple Bar was an old-fashioned place, even in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty. It was very small, very dark, very ugly, very incommodious. It w... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/8/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/8/ “I know Mr. Lorry, sir, much better than I know the Bailey. Much better,” said Jerry, not unlike a reluctant witness at the establishment in question, “than I, as a honest trade... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/35/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/35/ One year and three months. During all that time Lucie was never sure, from hour to hour, but that the Guillotine would strike off her husband’s head next day. Every day, through... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/10/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/10/ From the dimly-lighted passages of the court, the last sediment of the human stew that had been boiling there all day, was straining off, when Doctor Manette, Lucie Manette, his... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/45/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/45/ Along the Paris streets, the death-carts rumble, hollow and harsh. Six tumbrils carry the day’s wine to La Guillotine. All the devouring and insatiate Monsters imagined since im... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/34/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/34/ Doctor Manette did not return until the morning of the fourth day of his absence. So much of what had happened in that dreadful time as could be kept from the knowledge of Lucie... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/11/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/11/ Those were drinking days, and most men drank hard. So very great is the improvement Time has brought about in such habits, that a moderate statement of the quantity of wine and... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/28/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/28/ Haggard Saint Antoine had had only one exultant week, in which to soften his modicum of hard and bitter bread to such extent as he could, with the relish of fraternal embraces a... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/2/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/2/ It was the Dover road that lay, on a Friday night late in November, before the first of the persons with whom this history has business. The Dover road lay, as to him, beyond th... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/23/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/23/ Never did the sun go down with a brighter glory on the quiet corner in Soho, than one memorable evening when the Doctor and his daughter sat under the plane-tree together. Never... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/37/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/37/ “I have saved him.” It was not another of the dreams in which he had often come back; he was really here. And yet his wife trembled, and a vague but heavy fear was upon her. https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/14/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/14/ A beautiful landscape, with the corn bright in it, but not abundant. Patches of poor rye where corn should have been, patches of poor peas and beans, patches of most coarse vege... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/19/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/19/ If Sydney Carton ever shone anywhere, he certainly never shone in the house of Doctor Manette. He had been there often, during a whole year, and had always been the same moody a... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/33/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/33/ One of the first considerations which arose in the business mind of Mr. Lorry when business hours came round, was this:--that he had no right to imperil Tellson’s by sheltering... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/3/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/3/ A 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 ci... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/41/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/41/ The wretched wife of the innocent man thus doomed to die, fell under the sentence, as if she had been mortally stricken. But, she uttered no sound; and so strong was the voice w... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/17/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/17/ Sydney had been working double tides that night, and the night before, and the night before that, and a good many nights in succession, making a grand clearance among Mr. Stryve... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/26/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/26/ When the newly-married pair came home, the first person who appeared, to offer his congratulations, was Sydney Carton. They had not been at home many hours, when he presented hi... https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/1/ https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-tale-of-two-cities-98/chapters/1/ It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was...