Overland Monthly: Devoted to the Development of the CountryA. Roman and Company, 1906 |
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... beautiful insects spring into life , and invade the houses - gorgeous moths in all col- ors and sizes , from the death's - head , 6 inches from tip to tip of wing , down to the common " miller . " Gaudy bugs that flash in the sun- light ...
... beautiful insects spring into life , and invade the houses - gorgeous moths in all col- ors and sizes , from the death's - head , 6 inches from tip to tip of wing , down to the common " miller . " Gaudy bugs that flash in the sun- light ...
Page 40
... and now belong irrevocably to the past . That is the charm which haunts all ruins , even the most recent - the Past . She is a pale , beautiful spirit composed of moonbeams and poetry ; romance is her garment ; her Midas -
... and now belong irrevocably to the past . That is the charm which haunts all ruins , even the most recent - the Past . She is a pale , beautiful spirit composed of moonbeams and poetry ; romance is her garment ; her Midas -
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... beautiful nets the little fellows weave at night on this very lawn of yours to warn you of a change of temperature - hundreds of square yards of gossamer , finer of texture than the best cambric you men ever made — I think you would not ...
... beautiful nets the little fellows weave at night on this very lawn of yours to warn you of a change of temperature - hundreds of square yards of gossamer , finer of texture than the best cambric you men ever made — I think you would not ...
Page 52
... beautiful white coat , brightly marked here and there with large yellow patches and his tail is band- ed with delightful yellow rings . He always carries himself proudly , I tell you , and at the moment when I saw him first he was a ...
... beautiful white coat , brightly marked here and there with large yellow patches and his tail is band- ed with delightful yellow rings . He always carries himself proudly , I tell you , and at the moment when I saw him first he was a ...
Page 62
... beautiful together that Cal and Molly , when they went to part them , at once forgot the sharp things they had meant to say and were civil though cool in manner and sparing of words . But this was only a truce . Before many days it ...
... beautiful together that Cal and Molly , when they went to part them , at once forgot the sharp things they had meant to say and were civil though cool in manner and sparing of words . But this was only a truce . Before many days it ...
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