Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 32
drens blocks,which is about the truth,for this great bridge wasfinished on paper, thenin all its parts, beforeever a beam of it saw theEast River. As I drewnear its feet (which couldtake a row of houses be-tween heel and toe) Ihad the illusion, due to bigness and height, that the whole tower… … THERE WAS PAT, FAST ASLEEP, LEGS DANGLING, HEAD NODDING, AS COM-FORTABLE AS YOU PLEASE. (SEE PAGE 591.) the chunk-chunk of engines, the hiss of steam,the mellow sound of planks falling on planks,and the angry clash of metal. Presently, farup the sides of the tower, I made out painters 590 CAREERS…
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