Overland Monthly and the Out West MagazineBret Harte 1923 |
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... Hand to be the foremost of all mankind in the understanding of plant life , and the possession of the power of con- trolling and directing that life . During that clouded era there were , as there ever are in crucial times , some stout ...
... Hand to be the foremost of all mankind in the understanding of plant life , and the possession of the power of con- trolling and directing that life . During that clouded era there were , as there ever are in crucial times , some stout ...
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... hand doorward . The hand was ornamented with a little finger nail seven eighths of an inch long , and a diamond as big as a French pea . Eng Yet , shaking hands with himself , vamoosed , salaaming as he left . Then the Senor Chief came ...
... hand doorward . The hand was ornamented with a little finger nail seven eighths of an inch long , and a diamond as big as a French pea . Eng Yet , shaking hands with himself , vamoosed , salaaming as he left . Then the Senor Chief came ...
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... hand- some ; quite the contrary , " she reluctantly admitted to herself . " But the hand- somest men are not always the best husbands . Usu- ally not . I need a companion ; when Tony comes- ' She sighed sharply and a fierce light leaped ...
... hand- some ; quite the contrary , " she reluctantly admitted to herself . " But the hand- somest men are not always the best husbands . Usu- ally not . I need a companion ; when Tony comes- ' She sighed sharply and a fierce light leaped ...
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... Hand in hand Adam and Eve passed in , too eager , to find the dream of their first joy even to look a second time at the dread guardian of the place . At first they found themselves in a tangle of high grass and vines . It was still ...
... Hand in hand Adam and Eve passed in , too eager , to find the dream of their first joy even to look a second time at the dread guardian of the place . At first they found themselves in a tangle of high grass and vines . It was still ...
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... hand on his shoulder . " Your friend , here , " he began , but his voice was drowned by a raucous , long- drawn shriek that seemed to come from no great distance . So shrill , so horrid was it in the still- ness of the night air that ...
... hand on his shoulder . " Your friend , here , " he began , but his voice was drowned by a raucous , long- drawn shriek that seemed to come from no great distance . So shrill , so horrid was it in the still- ness of the night air that ...
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