Overland Monthly and Out West MagazineBret Harte A. Roman 1868-1875, 1909 |
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... humans of the money - grubbing new - comers , in innoculating them with the virus of the isles of the Blessed which will never leave them and which will haunt them wherever they may roam as a scented wind from the gardens of Araby ...
... humans of the money - grubbing new - comers , in innoculating them with the virus of the isles of the Blessed which will never leave them and which will haunt them wherever they may roam as a scented wind from the gardens of Araby ...
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... humanity . There is a feeling of insig- nificance , of utter powerlessness that comes to overcome even the most egotisti- cal onlooker , and all depart impressed with the smallness of man , the limitations of his power , and the meagre ...
... humanity . There is a feeling of insig- nificance , of utter powerlessness that comes to overcome even the most egotisti- cal onlooker , and all depart impressed with the smallness of man , the limitations of his power , and the meagre ...
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... human being was to be seen . The intruder searched about , and , in at corner , found a long flint - knife fitted with a handle and somewhat in the shape of a broadsword . He examined it curiously . On one rough - flaked side of the ...
... human being was to be seen . The intruder searched about , and , in at corner , found a long flint - knife fitted with a handle and somewhat in the shape of a broadsword . He examined it curiously . On one rough - flaked side of the ...
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... human likeness , yet continued to be interested as some in- stinct of artistic appreciation roused within him . When his artless eyes achieved the art of recognition , he was abashed . 4 In the presence of this mystery , he called ...
... human likeness , yet continued to be interested as some in- stinct of artistic appreciation roused within him . When his artless eyes achieved the art of recognition , he was abashed . 4 In the presence of this mystery , he called ...
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... human nature is to be as unnatural as possible . When the trait is developed selfishly and for one's own peculiar amusement , it is eccentricity . When the artificial is successfully forced upon others , making them revolve around the ...
... human nature is to be as unnatural as possible . When the trait is developed selfishly and for one's own peculiar amusement , it is eccentricity . When the artificial is successfully forced upon others , making them revolve around the ...
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