Overland Monthly: Devoted to the Development of the CountryA. Roman and Company, 1906 |
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Page 48
... give you an idea which you can turn into a story if you wish . Oh , that is different , is it ? You're all attention , are you ? Before , I was merely an interruption , a bore , if you will , who prevented that ever- lasting pencil from ...
... give you an idea which you can turn into a story if you wish . Oh , that is different , is it ? You're all attention , are you ? Before , I was merely an interruption , a bore , if you will , who prevented that ever- lasting pencil from ...
Page 50
... give them a wide berth or watch them narrowly . Yes , you are quite right ; one has to be on the alert always , here ... gives you away . I can see by your expression you don't follow me in this spider business . They are all alike to ...
... give them a wide berth or watch them narrowly . Yes , you are quite right ; one has to be on the alert always , here ... gives you away . I can see by your expression you don't follow me in this spider business . They are all alike to ...
Page 51
... give them to me right away . " I was startled . Her manner was threatening . " I haven't them , my dear lady , " I said soothingly ; " let me try to locate them for you , however . " With that I began searching the undergrowth on every ...
... give them to me right away . " I was startled . Her manner was threatening . " I haven't them , my dear lady , " I said soothingly ; " let me try to locate them for you , however . " With that I began searching the undergrowth on every ...
Page 63
... give up . They were prompt in pay- ing the installments of their pur- chase money , each trying to beat the other at the office and often meeting , as at first , but only to re- sume the quarrel . But all this time Spitfire and Blanche ...
... give up . They were prompt in pay- ing the installments of their pur- chase money , each trying to beat the other at the office and often meeting , as at first , but only to re- sume the quarrel . But all this time Spitfire and Blanche ...
Page 70
... give both gold pieces . " The Mexican stepped back so that the Professor's gold - laden palm was extended behind Izcozauhqui's back where it was emptied and the coins noiselessly transferred to the pocket of the hypocritical Timoteo ...
... give both gold pieces . " The Mexican stepped back so that the Professor's gold - laden palm was extended behind Izcozauhqui's back where it was emptied and the coins noiselessly transferred to the pocket of the hypocritical Timoteo ...
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Page 216 - As you are now so once was I; As I am now, so you must be Prepare for death and follow me.
Page 216 - Or lose thyself in the continuous woods Where rolls the Oregon, and hears no sound Save his own dashings — yet the dead are there ! And millions in those solitudes, since first The flight of years began, have laid them down In their last sleep — the dead reign there alone.
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Page 117 - Nature contains the elements, in colour and form, of all pictures, as the keyboard contains the notes of all music. But the artist is born to pick, and choose, and group with science, these elements, that the result may be beautiful — as the musician gathers his notes, and forms hia chords, until he bring forth from chaos glorious harmony.
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