Overland Monthly and Out West MagazineBret Harte A. Roman 1868-1875, 1909 |
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... never leave the sea , I think ; it is only there that a Briton lives : my poor grandfather , it is from him that I in- herit the taste , I fancy , and he was round many islands in his day ; but I , please God , shall beat him at that ...
... never leave the sea , I think ; it is only there that a Briton lives : my poor grandfather , it is from him that I in- herit the taste , I fancy , and he was round many islands in his day ; but I , please God , shall beat him at that ...
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... never sung before . There are splashes of color , an iri- descence of water never seen elsewhere , and everywhere the soft , sad note pre- dominant . It is not a sadness that jars but which comes as part of the picture . It is probably ...
... never sung before . There are splashes of color , an iri- descence of water never seen elsewhere , and everywhere the soft , sad note pre- dominant . It is not a sadness that jars but which comes as part of the picture . It is probably ...
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... never seen any- thing else . Certainly such a comparison does not prepare the observant tourist for the magnificence of the scenery which un- folds successively in the canyons of Iao . It is a succession of kaleidoscopic views , a ...
... never seen any- thing else . Certainly such a comparison does not prepare the observant tourist for the magnificence of the scenery which un- folds successively in the canyons of Iao . It is a succession of kaleidoscopic views , a ...
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... never for- gotten , and the sight of the mists impris- oned within the crater of Halealakala is awe - inspiring . * ** Mr. Charles Rhodes was fortunate enough to witness an active eruption of Kilauea , and he has described it to tle ...
... never for- gotten , and the sight of the mists impris- oned within the crater of Halealakala is awe - inspiring . * ** Mr. Charles Rhodes was fortunate enough to witness an active eruption of Kilauea , and he has described it to tle ...
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... never wholly blackened , but always at red heat . The blackened spots are constantly changing and broken up and remelted into the fiery glow by the movement of the lava . Lava cools , black- ens and hardens very rapidly . The drop of a ...
... never wholly blackened , but always at red heat . The blackened spots are constantly changing and broken up and remelted into the fiery glow by the movement of the lava . Lava cools , black- ens and hardens very rapidly . The drop of a ...
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