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  • And sudden, it made pause, and did begin that it brought all the mighty body together, and humpt itself, and brought the head-part round unto the bottom of the cliff that made this side of the

    The Night Land 2007

  • I lookt at the Brute – Force, and it did be as that I drew nigh unto a Mountain of Watchfulness; and above it in the everlasting night did be the blue shining of the luminous ring, and the ring shed a light downward over the Monster – Force; and the shoulders did be huge and humpt, even as two small hills, and it lookt forever from me through eternity unto the Pyramid.

    The Night Land 2007

  • And behold! the Great Rock smote the Monster in the humpt part of the back, below of the head, and did enter into the

    The Night Land 2007

  • And there came a moving in one of the humpt things, so that it did be as that an hill did wake unto an horrid life.

    The Night Land 2007

  • And I saw how that the Humped Men did seem to be humpt by reason of their being so monstrous thick and mighty of the neck and the shoulder, as that they had been human bulls.

    The Night Land 2007

  • And behold! the Great Rock smote the Monster in the humpt part of the back, below of the head, and did enter into the Monster, even as a bullet doth strike, and was gone instant from my sight into the Vitals.

    The Night Land: Chapter 12 1912

  • And truly, I lookt at the Brute-Force, and it did be as that I drew nigh unto a Mountain of Watchfulness; and above it in the everlasting night did be the blue shining of the luminous ring, and the ring shed a light downward over the Monster-Force; and the shoulders did be huge and humpt, even as two small hills, and it lookt forever from me through eternity unto the Pyramid.

    The Night Land: Chapter 15 1912

  • And I saw how that the Humped Men did seem to be humpt by reason of their being so monstrous thick and mighty of the neck and the shoulder, as that they had been human bulls.

    The Night Land: Chapter 9 1912

  • And sudden, it made pause, and did begin that it brought all the mighty body together, and humpt itself, and brought the head-part round unto the bottom of the cliff that made this side of the Gorge.

    The Night Land: Chapter 12 1912

  • And there came a moving in one of the humpt things, so that it did be as that an hill did wake unto an horrid life.

    The Night Land: Chapter 12 1912

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    December 10, 2017