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p. 123, 6th sentenceLike you, a voluntary exile from France; like you, driven from it by its distractions, oppressions, and miseries; like you, striving to live away from it by my own exertions, and trusting in a happier future; I look only to sharing your fortunes, sharing your life and home, and being faithful to you to the death.
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
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"That was in the papers," she said.NYPD Red by James Patterson
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Despite two decades of reform, the Russian military remained far behind the armies of the other European states.The Crimean War: A History by Orlando Figes
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No, it makes no sense, but insofar as the Negro is concerned, nothing makes much sense.Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin
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She lay on the sofa in her living room, intending to doze for a short while, but somehow slept until the following morning.Every Breath by Nicholas Sparks
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As Todd slowed the car, he said, "It looks like one of those old black-and-whites of Auschwitz."The Rooster Bar by: John Grisham
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It astonished Candide that he never held an ace in his hand, but Martin was not surprised.Candide by Voltaire
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"You know, Detective, I'm getting really tired of your mouth." Punctured by: Rex Kusler
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'Unsleeping Daughter of aegis-bearing Zeus,' she said to her, 'here is a sorry state of affairs.The Illiad Of Homer by Homer
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Elizabeth lifted up her eyes in amazement, but was too much oppressed to make any reply.Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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Gamma Net or Neptune, or whatever, was effectively shielded under the inpenetrable web of "military secrets."The Broker by John Grisham
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After firing an estimated 50,000 rounds to little real effect on the coastal batteries, the allied fleet weighed anchor and sailed away to count its losses: five ships badly damaged, thirty sailors killed and more than 500 men wounded.The Crimean War: A History by Orlando Figes
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"We are not in a way to know what Mr. Bingley likes," said her mother resentfully, since we are not to visit."Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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Gurowski maintained that European history until the present time had known just two civilizations, the Latin and German, but that Providence had assigned to Russia the divine mission of giving the world a third, Slavic, civilization.The Crimean War: A History by Orlando Figes
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But what she got, settled for, was the one word that mattered.Beloved by Toni Morrison
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He heard the mice, skittering pleasantly behind the plaster and reed insulation against the roof.The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich
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Huge as it is, however, naturalists worry about how the Serengeti will maintain all those uncountable gazelles, let alone elephants, if everything surrounding it turns into farms and fences.The World Without Us by Alan Weisman
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He heard a car drive up, then the buggy his father still kept.The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich
Page 143, sentence 4
Since I'm wearing a brand-new Prada jacket, bought with my second month's pay, that's fairly irritating. Believe Me by: J.P. Delaney
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There was even a faint smile on her full, red lips, and in her shining eyes.Passing by Nella Larsen
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They read books in German and Italian, attend gallery openings. The Appetites of Girls by: Pamela Moses
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"Our car was a 1960 Chrysler Imperial."In Everything Give Thanks by: Terry Barnes
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She cocks her head in the way she has since she was a small girl and knew she was in trouble.Shanghai Girls by Lisa See
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"No man of common humanity, no man who had any value for his character, could be capable of it."Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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"Of course I meant God---- the One who gives and takes away." Unholy Hunger - By: Heather James
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She leans back into the bench and tilts her chin upward to the sun, closing her eyes.Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah
Page 121, sentence 6
We reach Daluo, on the border between Yunnan and Myanmar.The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See
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Though there aren't yet enough longitudinal studies that directly compare children and adults, research in the past two decades is painting a more coherent picture of curiosity in children.Why?: What Makes Us Curious by Mario Livio
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"What were you saying about Flora Ackroyd?" asked Caroline, after a moment or two devoted to the game.The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
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"We hoped to be out by the time Swenson and that whole gang arrived." Race Across Alaska: First Woman to Win the Iditarod Tells Her Story by: Libby Riddles
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She was on a wheeled cart with railed sides, flat on her back, staring at an acoustic-tiled ceiling.The Funhouse by Dean Koontz
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"Well," said Handesley, "give me time, and I'll try."A Man Lay Dead by Ngaio Marsh
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The front door slammed, and a minute later, the car left the driveway.On Herring Cove Road: Mr. Rosen and His 43Lb Anxiety by Michael Kroft
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And now, said Mooshum, on the day we gathered to celebrate his birthday, there is food aplenty.The Round House by: Louise Erdrich
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Fresh water could indeed have direct adverse effects, since starfish have no kidneys and are thus unable to regulate their inner salinity levels.Ocean Outbreak: Confronting the Rising Tide of Marine Disease by Drew Harvell
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"S'all right, thanks, I've got some shandy," said Darren and drank it.Page 116, 3rd sentence
Natalie wrote: ""S'all right, thanks, I've got some shandy," said Darren and drank it.Page 116, 3rd sentence"
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I can't bring myself to do it, though.The Cousins by Karen M. McManus
Page 121, second paragraph, third sentence
As the cold, bleak days of January crept by, Zola fell into a deep and understandable funk. The Rooster Bar by: John Grisham
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"Although you're a foreigner, which can't be helped, and therefore it ain't loikely that you'll be used to our ways, all the same we welcome you."Mystery Mile by Margery Allingham
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The way her voice hardens on my name decides it for me.Next: page 164, sentence 7.
Kinsey wrote: "The way her voice hardens on my name decides it for me.Next: page 164, sentence 7."
Please name book and author.
Austen had read scenes in Fanny Burney's Evellina and Cecilia in which vulgar older women say things that make their heroines wince;but they are not mothers.
Jane Austen: A Life by Claire Tomalin
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