Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 331
But the giddy Mongoose was an innocentthing,So he paused for a friendly talk. I must cross the river,He said with a shiver; And, really, I dont dare walk. So wont you be kind, and tote me across ?—I weigh but a tiny mite.You scary old creature, And he said, with a sneer or twoLit with a leer or… … HERO TALES FROM AMERICAN HISTORY. By Theodore Roosevelt. IV.—The Cruise of the Wasp. In the War of 1812, the little American navy,including only a dozen frigates and sloops-of-war, won against the English, till then the un-doubted masters of the sea, a series of victoriesthat attracted an attention…
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