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Cooke, John Esten, 1830-1886 [1859], Henry St. John, gentleman, of Flower of Hundreds, in the county of Prince George, Virginia: a tale of 1774-75. (Harper and Brothers, New York) [word count] [eaf510T].

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Dedication

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I inscribed a former work
To one
Whose life was moulded
To the perfect form of Honor;
A noble spirit,
Brave and faithful as Bayard,
Gentle and tender as Sir Philip Sydney:
“The model,” said an old associate,
“Of lofty courtesy, and chivalry, and generosity;”—
Who, dying tranquilly,
“Without an enemy,” another says,
“On the broad bosom of this spacious Earth,”
Has left to his children the inestimable name
And great example
Of a Christian Gentleman.
I offer these pages,
With a cordial brother's-greeting,
To two persons
Who were taught by him
The scorn of falsehood
And the love of honor:
To
Henry Pendleton Cooke, and
Edward St. George Cooke;
Health—Happiness!

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