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Page 33
And then , in the last stanza , the min- strel sings : " Calmly rest , with sunbeams smiling O'er the dimples of thy face , Clasped amid the loving waters Of thy mother's fond embrace . caress , and the eye is pleased with the delight ...
And then , in the last stanza , the min- strel sings : " Calmly rest , with sunbeams smiling O'er the dimples of thy face , Clasped amid the loving waters Of thy mother's fond embrace . caress , and the eye is pleased with the delight ...
Page 34
There are only about 15,000 Caucasians in the islands , and the rest of the population is composed of about 60,000 Japanese and a mixed race , composed of half - breed Porto Ricans , Portuguese , Chinese and a few negroes .
There are only about 15,000 Caucasians in the islands , and the rest of the population is composed of about 60,000 Japanese and a mixed race , composed of half - breed Porto Ricans , Portuguese , Chinese and a few negroes .
Page 131
Charlot asked for nothing but the " poor privilege " of living where his fathers had lived , and lying down to rest where they had rested through the centuries , be- fore the echo of the white men's booted tread disturbed the primeval ...
Charlot asked for nothing but the " poor privilege " of living where his fathers had lived , and lying down to rest where they had rested through the centuries , be- fore the echo of the white men's booted tread disturbed the primeval ...
Page 136
But towering above the rest of the assem- bly , regal to the point of austerity , was a man , aged but still erect , as though his strength of pride would never let his shoulders stoop beneath the conquering years .
But towering above the rest of the assem- bly , regal to the point of austerity , was a man , aged but still erect , as though his strength of pride would never let his shoulders stoop beneath the conquering years .
Page 142
But here was water , and shade , and soft sand , and all nature was saying , " Here's a place to rest . " " Seemsh to me ish time to go swim- ming . " he said . " Good swim , cool bath , level head , ish great idea .
But here was water , and shade , and soft sand , and all nature was saying , " Here's a place to rest . " " Seemsh to me ish time to go swim- ming . " he said . " Good swim , cool bath , level head , ish great idea .
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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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