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forward some feet and looks as
if it was about to tumble off, some-
times it projects so far that it has
to be supported by posts in the side-
walk. "Soon this becomes a frequent
and then a continuous arrangement;
the posts are generaly of stone, forming
an arcade, and you walk beneath
them in the shade or out of the rain.
Sometimes, instead of posts, a solid
wall supports the house above.
You observe, as would be likely in
an old city, that the surface is
irregular, that we are ascending
a slight elevation. Notwithstanding
the old sturcture overhead, and
the well-worn flagging underfoot,
we notice the shop fronts are filled
with plate glass, and with all the
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forward some feet and looks as
if it was about to tumble off, sometimes it projects so far that it has
to be supported by posts in the sidewalk. "Soon this becomes a frequent
and then a continuous arrangement;
the posts are generaly of stone, forming
an arcade, and you walk beneath
them in the shade or out of the rain.
Sometimes, instead of posts, a solid
wall supports the house above.
You observe, as would be likely in
an old city, that the surface is
irregular, that we are ascending
a slight elevation. Notwithstanding
the old sturcture overhead, and
the well-worn flagging underfoot,
we notice the shop fronts are filled
with plate glass, and with all the
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"Letter from Asahel Hart Woodruff, 2 December 1884," p. 6, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed May 19, 2024, https://www.wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/9O3Y