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Page xii
... tears to the eyes and froze them there and numbed your hands . And blessed if the man didn't go and get all of our sky line down on paper , the firs bristling up like the teeth on a new - filed saw ! He caught the apocalyptic splendor ...
... tears to the eyes and froze them there and numbed your hands . And blessed if the man didn't go and get all of our sky line down on paper , the firs bristling up like the teeth on a new - filed saw ! He caught the apocalyptic splendor ...
Page xiii
... tearing down the gingerbread houses of Williamsburg , which he had loved and immortalized , and substituting a colonial city which has about as much connection with modern American civilization as the Roman Forum . And he happens to be ...
... tearing down the gingerbread houses of Williamsburg , which he had loved and immortalized , and substituting a colonial city which has about as much connection with modern American civilization as the Roman Forum . And he happens to be ...
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