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Page 123
Like nine - tenths of his fellows he had united the trades of smuggler and stone - cutter ; gave me some graphic anecdotes of the adven- tures of his younger days , when " running tubs , " and described the sad fate of his hopeful son ...
Like nine - tenths of his fellows he had united the trades of smuggler and stone - cutter ; gave me some graphic anecdotes of the adven- tures of his younger days , when " running tubs , " and described the sad fate of his hopeful son ...
Page 126
even to the poorest fisherinen's huts , of massive stone ; the door - posts , the window - sills , the lintels , all of the grey freestone , which constitutes the staple of the island . The vast overhanging cliffs of the west side ...
even to the poorest fisherinen's huts , of massive stone ; the door - posts , the window - sills , the lintels , all of the grey freestone , which constitutes the staple of the island . The vast overhanging cliffs of the west side ...
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For , look you , sir , Beneath that weight of square - cut weary stone A thousand workmen's souls are pent alive ! ... I am a prophet also , —and I say That o'er those stones , wherein you place your pride , Annihilation waves her dusky ...
For , look you , sir , Beneath that weight of square - cut weary stone A thousand workmen's souls are pent alive ! ... I am a prophet also , —and I say That o'er those stones , wherein you place your pride , Annihilation waves her dusky ...
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Contents
THE SITES OF THE DOOMED CITIES | 1 |
HER MAJESTYS OPPOSITION BY DOCTOR PINCH | 18 |
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY OR ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE MANNERS AND CUS | 33 |
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