Sparrow, Walter Shaw, 1862-, Brangwyn, Frank, Sir, 1867-1956. illus · London, John Lane; New York, John Lane Company · leaf 286
t Nantes wasanother picturesque bridge that united in itself the meritsof many good burgesses. Impudent houses with peakedroofs were balanced on the piers and throve well as shops;a footway of wood was corbelled out from the parapet; andbetween some of the piers windmills behaved like human * Alas!… … oi m K O < W OT ffi faH O EUROPEAN, PERSIAN AND CHINESE 225 creatures, for the harder they toiled over the business ofdaily bread, the more loudly they complained. Their noiseimplied that corn was very hard to crush ; and the reluctantmovement of their revolving wind-sails was an image…
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