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  • The limeburner was a dry, thin man of no particular stature, who coughed a little between his sentences, and had a habit, when not talking, of humming to himself, as if in apology for his silence.

    When Valmond Came to Pontiac, Complete Gilbert Parker 1897

  • The limeburner was a dry, thin man of no particular stature, who coughed a little between his sentences, and had a habit, when not talking, of humming to himself, as if in apology for his silence.

    When Valmond Came to Pontiac, Volume 2. Gilbert Parker 1897

  • The limeburner was a dry, thin man of no particular stature, who coughed a little between his sentences, and had a habit, when not talking, of humming to himself, as if in apology for his silence.

    The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897

  • Four lime kilns were unearthed on the historic island, where oyster shells from the James River were burned and converted into lime by the limeburner.

    New Discoveries at Jamestown Site of the First Successful English Settlement in America J. Paul Hudson

  • They were, by name, Muroc the charcoalman, Duclosse the mealman, Lajeunesse the blacksmith, and Garotte the limeburner, all men of note, after their kind, with influence and individuality.

    When Valmond Came to Pontiac, Volume 2. Gilbert Parker 1897

  • That night Valmond and his three new recruits, to whom Garotte the limeburner had been added, met in the smithy and swore fealty to the great cause.

    When Valmond Came to Pontiac, Volume 2. Gilbert Parker 1897

  • That night Valmond and his three new recruits, to whom Garotte the limeburner had been added, met in the smithy and swore fealty to the great cause.

    When Valmond Came to Pontiac, Complete Gilbert Parker 1897

  • That night Valmond and his three new recruits, to whom Garotte the limeburner had been added, met in the smithy and swore fealty to the great cause.

    The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897

  • They were, by name, Muroc the charcoalman, Duclosse the mealman, Lajeunesse the blacksmith, and Garotte the limeburner, all men of note, after their kind, with influence and individuality.

    When Valmond Came to Pontiac, Complete Gilbert Parker 1897

  • They were, by name, Muroc the charcoalman, Duclosse the mealman, Lajeunesse the blacksmith, and Garotte the limeburner, all men of note, after their kind, with influence and individuality.

    The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897

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