Overland Monthly: Devoted to the Development of the CountryA. Roman and Company, 1906 |
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Page 34
... young stock broker , nattily clad in sack coat , creased trowsers , derby hat of the latest block , and the newest weave and shade of golf shirt below his crisp neckwear . Who would guess that these names aptly characterized each in its ...
... young stock broker , nattily clad in sack coat , creased trowsers , derby hat of the latest block , and the newest weave and shade of golf shirt below his crisp neckwear . Who would guess that these names aptly characterized each in its ...
Page 36
... young voices . But they were not sparrows in ap- pearance , these brightly - clad child- ren of Little Italy . On the contrary they outshone many a bird - of - para- dise in their holiday garments of pink , cherry and vivid green ; not ...
... young voices . But they were not sparrows in ap- pearance , these brightly - clad child- ren of Little Italy . On the contrary they outshone many a bird - of - para- dise in their holiday garments of pink , cherry and vivid green ; not ...
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... young scions of these houses , fearless of the slip of foot that would send them crashing down more than seven score feet to the floor of the quarry . But like their parental shanties , they hang on . Not all these cliff dwellings are ...
... young scions of these houses , fearless of the slip of foot that would send them crashing down more than seven score feet to the floor of the quarry . But like their parental shanties , they hang on . Not all these cliff dwellings are ...
Page 46
... young of some animals scurrying to burrow at alarm . The possibility or impossibility of suc- cessfully growing the plant from seed is , and has been , periodically discussed , and doubtless always will be , for the conditions and ...
... young of some animals scurrying to burrow at alarm . The possibility or impossibility of suc- cessfully growing the plant from seed is , and has been , periodically discussed , and doubtless always will be , for the conditions and ...
Page 47
... young , and in some sec- tions thus destroying the nests of quail and grouse as fast as they are bunt , leaving them to roam about disconsolate . Hence , by the side of a tree , rock or log , etc. , it is the least exposed to noof or ...
... young , and in some sec- tions thus destroying the nests of quail and grouse as fast as they are bunt , leaving them to roam about disconsolate . Hence , by the side of a tree , rock or log , etc. , it is the least exposed to noof or ...
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