 Steady! an inch of tallow candle would burn longer than twenty minutes. An inch of tallow! the notion of a man's body and soul being kept together by an inch of tallow! Wonderful! Why, the greatest king that sits on a throne can't keep a man's body and...  Miss Or Mrs.? and Other Stories in Outline - Página 256por Wilkie Collins - 1873 - 325 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Charles Dickens - 1861 - 482 páginas
...growing tall once more. There was the space of unburnt candle between the light and the slow-match shortened to an inch or less. How much life did that inch leave me ? Three quarters of an hour? Half an hour? Fifty minutes? Twenty minutes? Steady! an inch of tallow... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1861 - 260 páginas
...wick, growing tall once more. There was the space of unburnt candle between the light and the slowmatch shortened to an inch or less. How much life did that inch leave me ? Three quarters of an hour? Half an hour? Fifty minutes ? Twenty minutes? Steady ! an inch of tallow... | |
 | Wilkie Collins - 1872 - 140 páginas
...growing tall once more. There was the space of unburnt candle between the light and the slow-match shortened to an inch or less. How much life did that...leave me? Three-quarters of an hour? Half an hour? Twenty minutes? Steady! an inch of tallow candle would burn longer than twenty minutes. An inch of... | |
 | Wilkie Collins - 2006 - 340 páginas
...growing tall once more. There was the space of unburned candle between the light and the slow-match shortened to an inch or less. How much life did that...Fifty minutes? Twenty minutes? Steady! An inch of tallow-candle would burn longer than twenty minutes. An inch of tallow! The notion of a man's body... | |
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