instead of words instead of, 1
that instead of words there will be works, and that splittings of rocks, to make roads and canals, and clear out the beds of rivers, will take the place of splittings of hairs 1
Such words. They too are talked a very long while. And a very long while. And a very long while. They too bore holes in rocks. But holes for what? 2
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- “Virginia,” in Niles’ Weekly Register (July 5, 1828) : 297
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Horace Traubel (1858-1919 *), “Collect,” in
The Conservator (August 1912) : 81-84 (83)
tags: canals; holes; rock; words
Horace Traubel