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Title: The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Brooks, Elbridge Streeter, 1846-1902
Subjects: Historic buildings -- United States United States -- Description and travel
Publisher: New York : Century Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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. Christine, looking down toward the home of Pocahontas, recalled her Thackeray, and said halfaloud : • Who will shield the fearless heart?Who avert the murdrous blade ?From the throng, with sudden start,See! there springs an Indian maid.Quick she stands before the knight, Loose the chain, unbind the ring; I am daughter of the kingAnd I claim the Indian right! Dauntlessly aside she flingsLifted ax and thirsty knife; Fondly to his heart she clings,And her bosom guards his life ! In the woods of Powhattan,Still tis told by Indian firesHow a daughter of their sires Saved the captive Englishman. Pocahontas did saveSmith, did nt she, UncleTom? I just wont believewhat the books say now,Marian declared. Why was nt it Rolfe shesaved ? queried Christine.Then the romance wouldhave been completed.But the boys, alive to the life of to-day rather than the romance of amisty past, were looking down upon the city at their feet. The carriages had halted on the crest of Libby Hill, at the eastern end
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(£A/latoaJ(&_ aS J\.e.t>etxa, to tfie. /n • tlic < <mntya& vi POCAHONTAS. From the engraving in the first edition of John Smiths General History. A FAMOUS OLD CAPITAL 105 of the town, and, close beside the tall shaft of the soldiers monument, thesight-seers were drinking in the view. It s a much bigger and busier place than I expected to see, Rogerdeclared. It is New Richmond you re looking at, Roger, Uncle Tom replied. Many things, you see, have happened since Daniel \Yebsters Shaksperianverdict. Richmond has made great strides evensince I saw it last. Broad streets, fine resi-dences, electric lights, trolley cars, that splendidnew hotel, big business blocks--all these indi-cate a prosperity in which every American willrejoice. For, you see, Richmond is one of ourshow towns, with a past that is historic. Let s hunt it down, then, Uncle Tom,saidJack. Drive on, please. I want to see Holly-wood. They saw Hollywood — that beautiful cityof the dead, with its ruined p

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