Dick Boldhero : or, A tale of adventures in South America (1845)
Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860 · Philadelphia : Sorin and Ball · leaf 101
own the stairs into the street. The earth trembled beneath my feet, andthe buildings around seemed to be rushinginto a mass of ruins. On every side, I couldhear the crash of buildings falling to theearth; the screams of men, women, andchildren, filled with despair or crushed be-neath the falling… … ;-ir^^ I^iiiir^!!!! 102 DICK BOLDHERO. as if by miracle from the bricks, and stones,and timbers, that fell around me. At lengthI reached the Pla^a Mayor, where I hadan extended view of the scene. The whole space was nearly covered withpeople; priests with their crosses; womenwith their children;…
Children's stories, American
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