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Page 4
It was so still that before the singing began I thought I could hear my heart beat and 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 .
It was so still that before the singing began I thought I could hear my heart beat and 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 .
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... the chromatic scale limned in the waters of the bay - deep purples and blues of vary- ing shades , and light greens and reds and scarlets , and the whole seemed like the fantastic dream of some master painter of theatrical scenes .
... the chromatic scale limned in the waters of the bay - deep purples and blues of vary- ing shades , and light greens and reds and scarlets , and the whole seemed like the fantastic dream of some master painter of theatrical scenes .
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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 were changing its hues in fearful colors ...
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 were changing its hues in fearful colors ...
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... MEN " There are other manifestations of the seemingly squeezing process that are seen in the occasional spout or geysers - when great jets fly upward from unexpected sources , and fall back in graceful cascades of sparks and light .
... MEN " There are other manifestations of the seemingly squeezing process that are seen in the occasional spout or geysers - when great jets fly upward from unexpected sources , and fall back in graceful cascades of sparks and light .
Page 49
The Territorial Federal appropriations for Hawaii in the year 1908 amounted to $ 5,190,000 , and were disbursed as follows : Pearl Harbor , $ 3,100,000 ; Honolulu Fed- eral Building , $ 850,000 ; Kauai Light- house , $ 75,000 ...
The Territorial Federal appropriations for Hawaii in the year 1908 amounted to $ 5,190,000 , and were disbursed as follows : Pearl Harbor , $ 3,100,000 ; Honolulu Fed- eral Building , $ 850,000 ; Kauai Light- house , $ 75,000 ...
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| Title | Overland Monthly and Out West Magazine |
| Editor | Bret Harte |
| Contributor | Making of America Project |
| Publisher | A. Roman 1868-1875, 1909 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 5 Dec 2008 |
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