Like so Many Pebbles

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A man on horseback is being fired at with cannonballs, which he catches in his bare hands

I caught them in my hands like so many pebbles.

Artist

Name:: Clark, Joseph Benwell
Dates:: 1857-1938
Country:: UK

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: St. Michael's College Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: The surprising adventures of Baron Munchausen
Author:: Raspe, Rudolf Erich
Publisher:: London: Lawrence and Bullen, 1895
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A man on horseback has taken up a position before the walls of a fortress and is being fired at with cannonballs, which he catches in his bare hands.

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