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1 1 |       spreading over its Gothic houses, with its canals like large
2 5 |       He saw the fine red brick houses, mortared in white lines,
3 5 |       are attracted towards the houses by the garbage thrown every
4 8 |       than the first commercial houses of Amsterdam their ledgers,
5 9 |        at the gable ends of the houses, Cornelius, eager to know
6 9 | standing out in contrast to the houses already illuminated by the
7 20|      window of the neighbouring houses, and even the sky; after