... what is it, all this Rushworthian inarticulate rubbish-continent, in its ghastly dim twilight, with its haggard wrecks and pale shadows ; what is it, but the common Kingdom of Death ? This is what we call Death, this mouldering dumb wilderness of... Miscellanies - Page 104by J. T. Headley - 1850 - 298 pagesFull view - About this book
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