Dick Boldhero : or, A tale of adventures in South America (1845)
Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860 · Philadelphia : Sorin and Ball · leaf 56
hat it was an enormous ser-pent, gliding with a noiseless motion towardsme. Its eye was fixed upon me with aglassy and terrific stare; its jaws were ex-panded ; its tongue brandished, ready tostrike the fatal blow. I had suflicient rec-ollection to know that this must be ananaconda, and I expected… … CHAPTER VI. DELIVERANCE ARRIVAL AT A STRANGE PLACE SICKNESS KINDNESS AMONG STRANGERS ACCOUNT OF MAROONTOWN. The rushing sound that filled my ears,as I fainted and fell to the earth beforethe terrific image of the monster that threat-ened me with instant death, was occasionedby the discharge of a…
Children's stories, American
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