All 7 Uses of
interpose
in
A Tale of Two Cities
- But, there my Lord interposed (with as grave a face as if it had not been true), saying that he could not sit upon that Bench and suffer those allusions.†
Chpt 2.3 *
- Perhaps yes, perhaps no." "Listen then, Jacques," Number One of that name sternly interposed.†
Chpt 2.15
- Can you tell me, this last time, that you feel quite, quite sure, no new affections of mine, and no new duties of mine, will ever interpose between us?†
Chpt 2.17
- Him, Darnay heard with a particular feeling of objection; and Darnay stood divided between going away that he might hear no more, and remaining to interpose his word, when the thing that was to be, went on to shape itself out.†
Chpt 2.24
- The postmaster interposed himself between this man and the rider's bridle (at which he was evidently making), and soothingly said, "Let him be; let him be!†
Chpt 3.1
- He was saying the affectionate word, however, with a far more grudging condescension and patronage than he could have shown if their relative merits and positions had been reversed (which is invariably the case, all the world over), when Mr. Cruncher, touching him on the shoulder, hoarsely and unexpectedly interposed with the following singular question: "I say!†
Chpt 3.8
- Defarge, a weak minority, interposed a few words for the memory of the compassionate wife of the Marquis; but only elicited from his own wife a repetition of her last reply.†
Chpt 3.12
Definition:
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(interpose) to insert between other elements; or to interrupt or stop action by others