 ... of man. Yet why should they build and strive, when the first adventurer who passed would set torch to their thatch, and when their own feudal lord would wring from them with blows and curses the last fruits of their toil? They sat at the lowest depth...  The Cornhill Magazine - Page 336edited by - 1891Full view - About this book
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