Long Barrows

Famous quotes containing the words long and/or barrows:

    “Ktaadn ... is an Indian word signifying highest land,... very few, even among backwoodsmen and hunters, have ever climbed it, and it will be a long time before the tide of fashionable travel sets that way.”
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    “If you want an expert on war, you get a retired general. I’m not exactly a general, but I am retired.”
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