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Letter "C" » Carcassonne
«SALAMANDER, n. Originally a reptile inhabiting fire; later, an anthropomorphous immortal, but still a pyrophile. Salamanders are now believed to be extinct, the last one of which we have an account having been seen in Carcassonne by the Abbe Belloc, who exorcised it with a bucket of holy water.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
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Editor,
Journalist,
Writer)
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Keywords:
abbe,
anthropomorphous,
Belloc,
bucket,
Carcassonne,
exorcise,
exorcised,
extinct,
holy water,
inhabiting,
reptiles,
salamander,
Salamanders
«The City of New York is like an enormous citadel, a modern Carcassonne. Walking between the magnificent skyscrapers one feels the presence on the fringe of a howling, raging mob, a mob with empty bellies, a mob unshaven and in rags.»
Author: Henry Miller
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Author,
Writer)
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About:
America and Americans,
Cities
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Keywords:
bellies,
Carcassonne,
citadel,
citadels,
City of New York,
enormous,
fringe,
fringed,
fringes,
howling,
magnificent,
mob,
rag,
raging,
rags,
skyscraper,
skyscrapers,
The Citadel,
The City,
unshaven