Dickens and CrimeMacmillan, 1964 - 371 pàgines |
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Pàgina 212
... hand a plain black walking - stick of hard wood ; and whenever and wherever , at any after - time of the night , he struck it on the pavement with a ringing sound , it instantly produced a whistle out of the dark- ness , and a policeman ...
... hand a plain black walking - stick of hard wood ; and whenever and wherever , at any after - time of the night , he struck it on the pavement with a ringing sound , it instantly produced a whistle out of the dark- ness , and a policeman ...
Pàgina 252
... hands , and looking out , with wild and glaring eyes that showed him some black object he was drifting close upon . The hull of a ship ! He could touch its smooth and slippery surface with his hand . One loud cry now but the resistless ...
... hands , and looking out , with wild and glaring eyes that showed him some black object he was drifting close upon . The hull of a ship ! He could touch its smooth and slippery surface with his hand . One loud cry now but the resistless ...
Pàgina 277
... hand upon the whisperer's mouth , appalled , lest any syllable of what he said should reach the ears of the third person present , it was as bloodless and as heavy as the hand of Death . He drew his chair away , and sat a spectacle of ...
... hand upon the whisperer's mouth , appalled , lest any syllable of what he said should reach the ears of the third person present , it was as bloodless and as heavy as the hand of Death . He drew his chair away , and sat a spectacle of ...
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