Overland Monthly and Out West MagazineBret Harte A. Roman 1868-1875, 1909 |
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Page 139
... seemed as though the ancestral voices of these doomed children of the wild joined with them in a lament " The young Indians do not care , " she answered . " They gamble , and would rather have the money to lose than land , but the old ...
... seemed as though the ancestral voices of these doomed children of the wild joined with them in a lament " The young Indians do not care , " she answered . " They gamble , and would rather have the money to lose than land , but the old ...
Page 146
... seemed extravagant to Jabez Frisbee , and his thrifty mind could not conceive the senseless idea of losing ready money , so easily obtained , for a mere notion . So the farm continued to bear the stigma that artistic natures deplore ...
... seemed extravagant to Jabez Frisbee , and his thrifty mind could not conceive the senseless idea of losing ready money , so easily obtained , for a mere notion . So the farm continued to bear the stigma that artistic natures deplore ...
Page 150
... seemed to have difficulty in locating , " I guess I might's well give ye back yer ten dollars to do whatever yer a might to with , and we'll call it the ring's a present from me . " On the way to Elizabeth's , he said , dep- recatingly ...
... seemed to have difficulty in locating , " I guess I might's well give ye back yer ten dollars to do whatever yer a might to with , and we'll call it the ring's a present from me . " On the way to Elizabeth's , he said , dep- recatingly ...
Page 159
... seemed to be dragging materials for a bonfire . Two five gallon cans stood within the circle of a street light . That meant kerosene . " M'm . " Sheriff Rawlins grunted a brief comment . " So they think they're going to burn him right ...
... seemed to be dragging materials for a bonfire . Two five gallon cans stood within the circle of a street light . That meant kerosene . " M'm . " Sheriff Rawlins grunted a brief comment . " So they think they're going to burn him right ...
Page 181
... seemed disappointed with the world without holding grudge against it . He looked upon wine as a feat of swal- lowing a liquid magic that supplies and mocks the demand for satisfaction . walked in battle as another display of futility ...
... seemed disappointed with the world without holding grudge against it . He looked upon wine as a feat of swal- lowing a liquid magic that supplies and mocks the demand for satisfaction . walked in battle as another display of futility ...
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