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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Records of a Family of Engineers by Robert Louis Stevenson: (1) Ill-formed - ugly. - [R. L. S.]
It was particularly mentioned that by the exertions of
James Glen, one of the joiners, a number of articles were
saved from being washed off the mortar gallery. Glen was also
very useful in keeping up the spirits of the forlorn party.
In the early part of life he had undergone many curious
adventures at sea, which he now recounted somewhat after the
manner of the tales of the ARABIAN NIGHTS. When one observed
that the beacon was a most comfortless lodging, Glen would
presently introduce some of his exploits and hardships, in
comparison with which the state of things at the beacon bore
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