Dick Boldhero : or, A tale of adventures in South America (1845)
Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860 · Philadelphia : Sorin and Ball · leaf 29
t everyobject with distinctness. Above me, amidthe dusky shadows of the room, I beheld acreature of the most extraordinary aspect.It seemed to have the head of a rhinoceros,with most enormous ears, the body of a bird,and the legs of an alligator. It had im-mense wings, shaped like those of a bat.To… … My first idea was, that it was a merenightmare; but when I recollected that Iwas in a strange country, and moreoverremembered the adventure of the alligator,which had so recently occurred, I began toconceive that it must be a reality. There isno harm, at least, thought I, ^ in being pre-pared for…
Children's stories, American
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