All 3 Uses of
perpetuate
in
A Tale of Two Cities
- My friend is dead, my neighbour is dead, my love, the darling of my soul, is dead; it is the inexorable consolidation and perpetuation of the secret that was always in that individuality, and which I shall carry in mine to my life's end.†
Chpt 1.3 *
- Once again he touched him on the breast, as though his finger were the fine point of a small sword, with which, in delicate finesse, he ran him through the body, and said, "My friend, I will die, perpetuating the system under which I have lived."†
Chpt 2.9
- I believe your intention is to perpetuate, and not to weaken, the ties between me and my other and far dearer self.†
Chpt 2.10
Definition:
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(perpetuate) to cause to continue