Wit bought; or, The life and adventures of Robert Merry (1844)
Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860 · New York, Wiley & Putnam · leaf 56
THE HERON. -K5 time; but we felt it deeply, and memory,to me, has kept a faithful transcript of thathour. We had not advanced far, when, on pass-ing through some bushes near a heap ofrocks, I heard a rustling in the leaves. … Turning my eye in the direction of thesound, 1 saw a black snake, covered byleaves except his head and about a foot ofhis body. He was directly in my path, and,brandishing his tongue, seemed determined 44 WIT BOUGHT. to oppose my progress. Bill had my gun,but I called to him, and he soon appearedI…
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