Overland Monthly and Out West MagazineBret Harte A. Roman 1868-1875, 1909 |
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... 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 . The romance of the land was upon me , and while I gazed at the in ...
... 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 . The romance of the land was upon me , and while I gazed at the in ...
Page 5
... thought that all of Hawaii's charm lies in its sweet softness and its languorous climate , for it can offer some of the most magnificent scen- ery the world student has ever seen ; it can give you a climate so varied that you may travel ...
... thought that all of Hawaii's charm lies in its sweet softness and its languorous climate , for it can offer some of the most magnificent scen- ery the world student has ever seen ; it can give you a climate so varied that you may travel ...
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... thought of the never - wake - up men re- turning . After a short period of bad - sleep they became so ugly as to arouse dread of what they might do , if active . Another of Lean - face's wistful inno- vations was the marking of a scar ...
... thought of the never - wake - up men re- turning . After a short period of bad - sleep they became so ugly as to arouse dread of what they might do , if active . Another of Lean - face's wistful inno- vations was the marking of a scar ...
Page 80
... thought , the result is leadership . This is the demand for power . It takes form variously , under many pre- texts and precepts , for instances , in the father of a family , the employer , the school master , the exalted master of a ...
... thought , the result is leadership . This is the demand for power . It takes form variously , under many pre- texts and precepts , for instances , in the father of a family , the employer , the school master , the exalted master of a ...
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... thought . He gave mind its first apple to eat . He loved to intimidate his assembly . The king could make them cower by pointing his spear ; the statesman , by threatening to inform the king . friend of Wah - wah could terrify his fel ...
... thought . He gave mind its first apple to eat . He loved to intimidate his assembly . The king could make them cower by pointing his spear ; the statesman , by threatening to inform the king . friend of Wah - wah could terrify his fel ...
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