Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 364
ssionwas a new thing. When Rex appeared,crowds and crowds cameout to welcome him, and perhaps he never beforesaw so many people gathered together; for whenNew York undertakes to get up a crowd, she is bet-ter able to do it than is any other city in this hemi-sphere. But Rex was not quite sure… … THE LOCUST. tented himself, in great part, with representationsof the various trades and occupations of the country,to which even thegravest descendantof old Peter Knick-erbocker could notobject. But he had hisfun, too, and theKhedive of Egyptand the Grand Turkdressed themselvesup in holiday…
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