Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 409
n, thenoblest of all beasts, mans best friend, the em-blem of power and strength, and of your ownglorious future with me as your patron and pro-tector ! The king and his councilors sat for a long 924 THE SHIP OF THE PLAINS. [Sept. time in silence, looking now upon the beautifulbut terrible animal,… … (E WHITE HORSE. What shall we do with him now that wehave him ? asked one. Will he feed the hungry ? asked another. Truly, he will be but an expensive luxuryto us, said a third, and not nearly so great ablessing to our people as the olive tree. And so they rendered their decision. Posei-dons gift,…
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