Overland Monthly and Out West MagazineBret Harte A. Roman 1868-1875, 1909 |
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... light of the moon shone on the queer god , perched up among the ferns and a sort of reed grass , near the shores of a lagoon . The romance of the land was upon me , and while I gazed at the in- scrutable and grotesque features of the ...
... light of the moon shone on the queer god , perched up among the ferns and a sort of reed grass , near the shores of a lagoon . The romance of the land was upon me , and while I gazed at the in- scrutable and grotesque features of the ...
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... light greens and reds and scarlets , and the whole seemed like the fantastic dream of some master painter of theatrical scenes . I was struck by it , and I suppose , just as others have , stood gaz- ing at it in open mouthed wonder . I ...
... light greens and reds and scarlets , and the whole seemed like the fantastic dream of some master painter of theatrical scenes . I was struck by it , and I suppose , just as others have , stood gaz- ing at it in open mouthed wonder . I ...
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... light up in gigantic respirations the whole floor of the crater . It seems as though some great creature were changing its hues in fearful colors , a chameleon of blood and black coiled about the bottom of an immense cauldron , and from ...
... light up in gigantic respirations the whole floor of the crater . It seems as though some great creature were changing its hues in fearful colors , a chameleon of blood and black coiled about the bottom of an immense cauldron , and from ...
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... light . " This is probably the escape of gas . Ac- companying the phenomena is the roar and the swish and swirl of waters , the noise and hiss and the sputter of vapors and melting slag and rock . It is difficult to express in detail ...
... light . " This is probably the escape of gas . Ac- companying the phenomena is the roar and the swish and swirl of waters , the noise and hiss and the sputter of vapors and melting slag and rock . It is difficult to express in detail ...
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... : Pearl Harbor , $ 3,100,000 ; Honolulu Fed- eral Building , $ 850,000 ; Kauai Light- house , $ 75,000 : Fortifications , $ 1,165,000 . The above does not include about two 卅 1111 Fort Street . The Judd Building The H. ...
... : Pearl Harbor , $ 3,100,000 ; Honolulu Fed- eral Building , $ 850,000 ; Kauai Light- house , $ 75,000 : Fortifications , $ 1,165,000 . The above does not include about two 卅 1111 Fort Street . The Judd Building The H. ...
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