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devil in While the Billy Boils

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1896
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devil in While the Billy Boils

an old, old man, with a younger one at his side; the younger one has Isley's face. Horses' feet again! Ah, God! Nemesis once more in troopers' uniform! The fossicker falls on his knees in the mud and clay at the bottom of the drive, and prays Heaven to take his last child ere Nemesis comes for him.…

Record ID
2,544
Year
1,896
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Project Gutenberg
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Record ID
2544
Source
Project Gutenberg
Publication
While the Billy Boils; Henry Lawson
Published
1896; Project Gutenberg public-domain transcription
Narrative type
Retellings and Adaptations
Public-text label
devil
Archive period
Federation Era
Location
Australia (Australia): B
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an old, old man, with a younger one at his side; the younger one has Isley's face. Horses' feet again! Ah, God! Nemesis once more in troopers' uniform! The fossicker falls on his knees in the mud and clay at the bottom of the drive, and prays Heaven to take his last child ere Nemesis comes for him. Long Bob Sawkins had been known on the diggings as “Bob the Devil.” His profile at least from one side, certainly did recall that of the sarcastic Mephistopheles; but the other side, like his true character, was by no means a devil's. His physiognomy had been much damaged, and one eye removed by the premature explosion of a blast in.

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