Overland Monthly and Out West MagazineBret Harte A. Roman 1868-1875, 1909 |
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... present - day globe - trotter does not go in much for much of the inconvenience that was the particular charm of the days gone by . He wants to ride in an automo- bile where the man of yesterday was con- tent on the back of a pony ...
... present - day globe - trotter does not go in much for much of the inconvenience that was the particular charm of the days gone by . He wants to ride in an automo- bile where the man of yesterday was con- tent on the back of a pony ...
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... present you with in- numerable garlands of sweet - scented flow- ers , which you have placed about your neck , until you are literally smothered in fragrance and profusion of blossoms . The custom is a pretty one , for , as the ship ...
... present you with in- numerable garlands of sweet - scented flow- ers , which you have placed about your neck , until you are literally smothered in fragrance and profusion of blossoms . The custom is a pretty one , for , as the ship ...
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... present . Here are the beaten kapas , the mats made of grass and the idols and kahilis , the symbol of royalty , stone implements of the earlier ages , One of the picturesque features in the cosmopolitan population of Hawaii is the ...
... present . Here are the beaten kapas , the mats made of grass and the idols and kahilis , the symbol of royalty , stone implements of the earlier ages , One of the picturesque features in the cosmopolitan population of Hawaii is the ...
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... present site of ' Ka- paniwai , ' and here they were slaughtered by the attacking army . The bodies of the slain so choked up the stream that the battle was called the ' Paniwai - o - Iao , ' or the Damming of the Waters of lao , and ...
... present site of ' Ka- paniwai , ' and here they were slaughtered by the attacking army . The bodies of the slain so choked up the stream that the battle was called the ' Paniwai - o - Iao , ' or the Damming of the Waters of lao , and ...
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... present eruption ceases . Just think of this tremendous mass of liquid molten matter . It is more than probable that , as I stand and look into the mass , I am standing over a great cone of fire , and that the base is much larger than ...
... present eruption ceases . Just think of this tremendous mass of liquid molten matter . It is more than probable that , as I stand and look into the mass , I am standing over a great cone of fire , and that the base is much larger than ...
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