Overland Monthly and Out West MagazineBret Harte A. Roman 1868-1875, 1909 |
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... knew why the country had never produced a poet to sing in clanging measures the song of war , for when the last battle was fought the last poet died , and since that time poetry has lived in the air , in the flowers , in the women and ...
... knew why the country had never produced a poet to sing in clanging measures the song of war , for when the last battle was fought the last poet died , and since that time poetry has lived in the air , in the flowers , in the women and ...
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... knew of naught save food and the methods of tracking it . When Lean - face spoke to his companions , look- ing them in the eyes , they scowled un- easily as in the sunlight , and turned away their heads . They had acted the same way ...
... knew of naught save food and the methods of tracking it . When Lean - face spoke to his companions , look- ing them in the eyes , they scowled un- easily as in the sunlight , and turned away their heads . They had acted the same way ...
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... knew the less it doubted . or Devoutly interested in these traits , Lean - face was the first to touch with sub- tle finger the fonder places of the human heart . Ugwuf signified force ; Pobolo had made words forcible ; Lean - face made ...
... knew the less it doubted . or Devoutly interested in these traits , Lean - face was the first to touch with sub- tle finger the fonder places of the human heart . Ugwuf signified force ; Pobolo had made words forcible ; Lean - face made ...
Page 82
... knew enough of illu- sion not to become himself again in their presence . Subsequently he was minded to go fur- ther than that , by scraping the flesh from the whole carcass . He set his woman to the task . When she had divested the ...
... knew enough of illu- sion not to become himself again in their presence . Subsequently he was minded to go fur- ther than that , by scraping the flesh from the whole carcass . He set his woman to the task . When she had divested the ...
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... knew each other , and it was not long before they were frater- nizing over a couple of black native brevas . " So El Correo does not intend to be left this time , " remarked Grant . " No , but this is easy . There is no ' beat ' for ...
... knew each other , and it was not long before they were frater- nizing over a couple of black native brevas . " So El Correo does not intend to be left this time , " remarked Grant . " No , but this is easy . There is no ' beat ' for ...
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