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Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. IX.—February, 1851.—Vol. II

Note 4 — A SKETCH OF MY CHILDHOOD.

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Priné—πρινή, the Greek word for a saw. The saw was applied to the chest, and the man was sawed into two halves, leaving a sculptor's bust (man's head and shoulders) for the upper half.

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