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Article ANCIENT MASONS' MARKS. ← Page 4 of 9 →
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Ancient Masons' Marks.
meter before a hurricane ; but weep not , wait not ; the fragrant weed has caused that curling cloud , and within those canvas walls ( have pity on the barbarity which , until now , delayed the introduction of the tent to your notice ) , no revolution , that of sandwiches excepted , has dared to disturb the supremacy of Bassana several lasses still
, g show a very recent intimacy with Guinness ' s XX . Already you are in medias res , and have just caught a reflected glimpse of your own visage where two seconds ago was fluid dark as Erebus , but not so deep . Perhaps the admirably disposed strata on that plate of white , red , and yellow , heaped one on the other , like Volta ' s famous pile , has aroused your
curiosity , and the sage conclusion is arrived at , that mastication , —that art intuitive , —should reduce those secondary strata into one rich alluvial mass for your especial benefit . " C ' est un fait accompli , "— " you came , you saw , you conquered . " Light the cigar of peace , and let us , under its soothing influence , resume the odject of our search . That lofty archway in the outer line of bastions ( the Cottonera lines ) once passed ,
the country receives us , when , if your humour so inclines , you may turn ancl salute the stern-looking bronze bust of the founder , still surrounded with marble and enwreathed with laurel . Between this Labber gateway , from which we have just emerged , and that of San Salvator , near which we take boat to return to Valetta , the path to be pursued is the
halfmade fosse cut in the rock , which follows the outline of the works . Now , the road is long , comparatively speaking , for the number of marks which we shall find , and , as we before hinted , uneven ; so that the unwary , but enthusiastic pedestrian , looking up to the battlements , and taking one more step to bring himself directly opposite something or other
, is tolerably certain to make himself personally acquainted with several plants of the cactus family , whose shield of arms is a field vert , semee with strong jirickles armed proper , and whose motto we might readily infer is , Nemo me impune lacessit . For these reasons , and unwillingness to disturb that ancient family in their hereditary domain , we shall suppose
the distance safely traversed , ancl ourselves in a boat , fast approaching the city of La Valette . From a note-book in our hands we trace these marks : v ^ > — X V > Al X While on the same line of fortifications , but at their other extremity , where thoy line the grand harbour , at the head of
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Ancient Masons' Marks.
meter before a hurricane ; but weep not , wait not ; the fragrant weed has caused that curling cloud , and within those canvas walls ( have pity on the barbarity which , until now , delayed the introduction of the tent to your notice ) , no revolution , that of sandwiches excepted , has dared to disturb the supremacy of Bassana several lasses still
, g show a very recent intimacy with Guinness ' s XX . Already you are in medias res , and have just caught a reflected glimpse of your own visage where two seconds ago was fluid dark as Erebus , but not so deep . Perhaps the admirably disposed strata on that plate of white , red , and yellow , heaped one on the other , like Volta ' s famous pile , has aroused your
curiosity , and the sage conclusion is arrived at , that mastication , —that art intuitive , —should reduce those secondary strata into one rich alluvial mass for your especial benefit . " C ' est un fait accompli , "— " you came , you saw , you conquered . " Light the cigar of peace , and let us , under its soothing influence , resume the odject of our search . That lofty archway in the outer line of bastions ( the Cottonera lines ) once passed ,
the country receives us , when , if your humour so inclines , you may turn ancl salute the stern-looking bronze bust of the founder , still surrounded with marble and enwreathed with laurel . Between this Labber gateway , from which we have just emerged , and that of San Salvator , near which we take boat to return to Valetta , the path to be pursued is the
halfmade fosse cut in the rock , which follows the outline of the works . Now , the road is long , comparatively speaking , for the number of marks which we shall find , and , as we before hinted , uneven ; so that the unwary , but enthusiastic pedestrian , looking up to the battlements , and taking one more step to bring himself directly opposite something or other
, is tolerably certain to make himself personally acquainted with several plants of the cactus family , whose shield of arms is a field vert , semee with strong jirickles armed proper , and whose motto we might readily infer is , Nemo me impune lacessit . For these reasons , and unwillingness to disturb that ancient family in their hereditary domain , we shall suppose
the distance safely traversed , ancl ourselves in a boat , fast approaching the city of La Valette . From a note-book in our hands we trace these marks : v ^ > — X V > Al X While on the same line of fortifications , but at their other extremity , where thoy line the grand harbour , at the head of