Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 405
darworks. The Strassburg clock has, more than all others,an actually world-wide fame; and no travelerwho visits the beautiful old city fails to see thecurious and interesting spectacle which it offersdaily at noontime. To quote from one such visi-tor : Long before the clock strikes twelve, a… … A CLOCK WITH AN OVAL DIAL, IN THECATHEDRAL AT LYONS. await in suspense the arrival of the twelfth hour.The moment approaches, and there is breathlesssilence. An angel lifts a scepter and strikes fourtimes upon a bell; another turns over an hour-glass which he holds in the hand. A storyhigher, an…
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