Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 779
e Harpyand some other monsters, the Centaur could not bea very agreeable companion ; and no one will besorry that there never was such a creature. The Dragon. Nothing can be said in favor of this ugly-tem-pered monster. It was always in a passion, andhad a most unpleasant habit of vomiting fire… … 3=>--^S THE CENTAL I. of wings, collar and ears. Its neck, however, waslong and snake-like, and it had the feet of a lizard,with claws. These horrible monsters went about destroyingeverything in their path, and would often lay awhole country desolate, so that brave knights some-times set forth…
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