Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 152
it descended upon the ground,and was got under a greatbench, when I saw it and ranto take hold of it. This scor-pion was of such a size, thatwhilst I held it in my littlehand, it put out its tail on one side, and on the otherdarted its two mouths: I ran overjoyed to my grand-father, crying out:… … Benvenuto Cellini. 124 Men Who Have Risen it the harder, and cried, for I did not choose to partwith it. My father, who was in the house, flew to my assistrance upon hearing the noise, but was struck with suchterror and surprise, at the sight of that venomous rep-tile, that he could not think of…
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