That, they never could lay their heads upon their pillows; that, they …

Charles Dickens
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That, they never could lay their heads upon their pillows; that, they never could tolerate the idea of their wives laying their heads upon their pillows; that, they never could endure the notion of their children laying their heads upon their pillows; in short, that there never more could be, for them or theirs, any laying of heads upon pillows at all, unless the prisoner's head was taken off. ✨ All the Year Round: A Weekly Journal.
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