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The cathedrals and churches of the Rhine (1906)

Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco), b. 1871, McManus, Blanche · London : Brimley Johnson & Ince · leaf 356

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such it is to-day. It is beautifully placed in an amphitheatre-like valley, and its tall chimneys, its smoke,and its grind of wheels bespeak an activityand unrest of which the former ages knewnot. Formerly the Liegeois were a turbulent andtruculent folk, if one is to believe history. If, however,… … Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine counts how a working blacksmith found aninexhaustible supply of coals for his forgethrough the aid of a gnomish old man. Previously the smiths fires had burned low,and only the old mans song inspired him toforage on the hillside, with the result that thefuture…

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