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Stryver blows hard about Darnay knowing him, and the type of alleged gentleman who would leave his property to the murderous band of cowards, and essentially sputters that he's probably heading them up, and killing off other aristocrats.
Archive 2008-09-01 a. fortis 2008
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Idiocy runs rampant in Britain about the revolution; Stryver remains, of course, at the forefront of idiocy, and is foaming at the mouth about ungrateful peasants.
The WritingYA Weblog: TBR3: Insufferable Happiness, Insufferable Pain tanita davis 2008
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Though married to a well-off widow, and the steppapa to three boys, Stryver is still just as stupid as ever, now telling the story of how Lucie set out to catch him, and how he evaded her.
The WritingYA Weblog: TBR3: Insufferable Happiness, Insufferable Pain tanita davis 2008
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He scuttles into retreat, in the wake of Mr. Lorry's stubborn insistence on checking with the family before Stryver proposes, so as to avoid embarrassment for everyone -- and when Mr. Lorry brings back the news of Lucie's indifference to him, pretends he had never even thought of marrying at all.
Archive 2008-09-01 a. fortis 2008
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Stryver, then, is still a blowhard and a liar, but elsewhere the world is actually changing.
The WritingYA Weblog: TBR3: Insufferable Happiness, Insufferable Pain tanita davis 2008
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The young lady, my good sir," said Mr. Lorry, mildly tapping the Stryver arm, "the young lady.
The WritingYA Weblog: TBR3: A Tale of Two Cities - So The Drama! tanita davis 2008
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Though married to a well-off widow, and the steppapa to three boys, Stryver is still just as stupid as ever, now telling the story of how Lucie set out to catch him, and how he evaded her.
Archive 2008-09-01 a. fortis 2008
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He scuttles into retreat, in the wake of Mr. Lorry's stubborn insistence on checking with the family before Stryver proposes, so as to avoid embarrassment for everyone -- and when Mr. Lorry brings back the news of Lucie's indifference to him, pretends he had never even thought of marrying at all.
The WritingYA Weblog: TBR3: A Tale of Two Cities - So The Drama! tanita davis 2008
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Stryver, then, is still a blowhard and a liar, but elsewhere the world is actually changing.
Archive 2008-09-01 a. fortis 2008
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Unfortunately, Insufferable Stryver stops in to see Mr. Jarvis Lorry at Tellson's before he commits to his dubious course.
Archive 2008-09-01 a. fortis 2008
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