Overland Monthly and Out West MagazineBret Harte A. Roman 1868-1875, 1909 |
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... known before , some subtle scent of flower , some strange sound so softly sweet it seems to you the birds had never sung before . There are splashes of color , an iri- descence of water never seen elsewhere , and everywhere the soft ...
... known before , some subtle scent of flower , some strange sound so softly sweet it seems to you the birds had never sung before . There are splashes of color , an iri- descence of water never seen elsewhere , and everywhere the soft ...
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... known as never be- fore to the traveling public . In order to properly understand the sig- nificance of the Yosemite Valley or any of the well - traveled picturesque places of the mainland , there is always some historical fact attached ...
... known as never be- fore to the traveling public . In order to properly understand the sig- nificance of the Yosemite Valley or any of the well - traveled picturesque places of the mainland , there is always some historical fact attached ...
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... known as Kapela - kapu - o - na - lii , con- tains treasures of untold value . Not only bones of high chiefs or chiefesses were hidden for fear of being made into fish hooks , etc. , but feather cloaks or royal ahuulas belonging to King ...
... known as Kapela - kapu - o - na - lii , con- tains treasures of untold value . Not only bones of high chiefs or chiefesses were hidden for fear of being made into fish hooks , etc. , but feather cloaks or royal ahuulas belonging to King ...
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... known as " The Hill of Sand , " and this is the last expired from the caverns of 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 ...
... known as " The Hill of Sand , " and this is the last expired from the caverns of 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 ...
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... known to the white man . They were , in a measure , barbarians , it is true , but , even at the time of Captain Cook's coming , they had the customs of a civilized people , and furthermore they at no time have shown any of the signs of ...
... known to the white man . They were , in a measure , barbarians , it is true , but , even at the time of Captain Cook's coming , they had the customs of a civilized people , and furthermore they at no time have shown any of the signs of ...
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