A heap of bricks is not yet a house.

 

A heap of bricks is not yet a house.
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A Gilgul fun a Nign, 1901. Alle Verk, 35; S. Liptzin. Peretz. Yivo, 1947, p. 239.

 

Isaac Leib Peretz

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There are also half bricks. ...As the bricks are always laid so as to break joints, this lends strength and a not unattractive appearance to both sides of such walls.

 

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