Overland Monthly and Out West MagazineBret Harte A. Roman 1868-1875, 1909 |
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... fire , now sealed over . On its summit it has a cone probably two hundred feet across at its top and about two hundred feet deep . The climb to its summit is a very difficult one , limn the grandeur of Kilauea or the Pit Halemaumau than ...
... fire , now sealed over . On its summit it has a cone probably two hundred feet across at its top and about two hundred feet deep . The climb to its summit is a very difficult one , limn the grandeur of Kilauea or the Pit Halemaumau than ...
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... fire , is an awe - inspiring spectacle . Here the red glows like a magnificent molten ruby and the quivering shafts of an in- ferno light up in gigantic respirations the whole floor of the crater . It seems as though some great creature ...
... fire , is an awe - inspiring spectacle . Here the red glows like a magnificent molten ruby and the quivering shafts of an in- ferno light up in gigantic respirations the whole floor of the crater . It seems as though some great creature ...
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... fire geysers , elements of the night spectacle , may be best understood . It is not that daylight spells away the mystery surrounding the night spectacle , but that some of the movements , at night , are simply Titanic pyrotechnics ...
... fire geysers , elements of the night spectacle , may be best understood . It is not that daylight spells away the mystery surrounding the night spectacle , but that some of the movements , at night , are simply Titanic pyrotechnics ...
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... fires and its liquids . " If you would know Halemaumau dead , then look upon the blackened acres of Pahoehoe , all of ... fire , now quies- cent and but caricatures of the features of the pit of Halemaumau . It is a mag- nificent double ...
... fires and its liquids . " If you would know Halemaumau dead , then look upon the blackened acres of Pahoehoe , all of ... fire , now quies- cent and but caricatures of the features of the pit of Halemaumau . It is a mag- nificent double ...
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... fire station Honolulu the. " I long for a palm thatch cover , Where chattering parrots hover , I hate these dreary fields and folk , And sigh for a South Sea lover , " were written of Samoa , but they might as well be dedicated to Hawaii ...
... fire station Honolulu the. " I long for a palm thatch cover , Where chattering parrots hover , I hate these dreary fields and folk , And sigh for a South Sea lover , " were written of Samoa , but they might as well be dedicated to Hawaii ...
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