Overland Monthly and Out West MagazineBret Harte A. Roman 1868-1875, 1909 |
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... never leave the sea , I think ; it is only there that a Briton lives : my poor grandfather , it is from him that I in- herit the taste , I fancy , and he was round many islands in his day ; but I , please God , shall beat him at that ...
... never leave the sea , I think ; it is only there that a Briton lives : my poor grandfather , it is from him that I in- herit the taste , I fancy , and he was round many islands in his day ; but I , please God , shall beat him at that ...
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... never sung before . There are splashes of color , an iri- descence of water never seen elsewhere , and everywhere the soft , sad note pre- dominant . It is not a sadness that jars but which comes as part of the picture . It is probably ...
... never sung before . There are splashes of color , an iri- descence of water never seen elsewhere , and everywhere the soft , sad note pre- dominant . It is not a sadness that jars but which comes as part of the picture . It is probably ...
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... never before , and it cannot be denied that the territorial legislature has provided liberally in this direction . In Honolulu there is one in- stitution of an educational character standing head and shoulders above all others . This is ...
... never before , and it cannot be denied that the territorial legislature has provided liberally in this direction . In Honolulu there is one in- stitution of an educational character standing head and shoulders above all others . This is ...
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... never seen , before or since , elsewhere . By some strange freak in refraction or reflection the sea had taken on the most wonderful iridescence , and the long space of water between the beach and the reef and be- yond was streaked with ...
... never seen , before or since , elsewhere . By some strange freak in refraction or reflection the sea had taken on the most wonderful iridescence , and the long space of water between the beach and the reef and be- yond was streaked with ...
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... never be- fore to the traveling public . In order to properly understand the sig- nificance of the Yosemite Valley or any of the well - traveled picturesque places of the mainland , there is always some historical fact attached to give ...
... never be- fore to the traveling public . In order to properly understand the sig- nificance of the Yosemite Valley or any of the well - traveled picturesque places of the mainland , there is always some historical fact attached to give ...
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