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Ford Madox Brown; a record of his life and work (1896)

Ford, Ford Madox, 1873-1939 · London, New York, Longmans, Green · leaf 450

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the Romans at thisperiod had adopted from the Barbarians. The legionaries are doing the masons work ; but the bearers ofstones and cement are Britons, impressed for the occasion. The river Medlock bounds the camp on the south ; the back-ground beyond it is formed of oak forests, red with the last… … i88i THE ROMANS 339 querors, and making the work in hand more arduous to men ofsouthern nationality. The generals wife, with her little boy, has stepped out of her cathedra, or litter, to take the air on the half-finished ramparts.She wears a fur cloak, hooded for the cold, and on her hands…

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