Overland Monthly and Out West MagazineBret Harte A. Roman 1868-1875, 1909 |
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Page 128
... welcomed the strangers , offered them the hospitality of their lodges and manifested . a spirit of friendliness which sent the ex- plorers rejoicing on their way . The white men described them as simple , straight- forward people , ...
... welcomed the strangers , offered them the hospitality of their lodges and manifested . a spirit of friendliness which sent the ex- plorers rejoicing on their way . The white men described them as simple , straight- forward people , ...
Page 136
Bret Harte. gether to dance . In this celebration is em- bodied the spirit of the tribe , their pride , their hates and loves . But this dance had a peculiar significance . It was , perhaps , the last that the people would hold . An ...
Bret Harte. gether to dance . In this celebration is em- bodied the spirit of the tribe , their pride , their hates and loves . But this dance had a peculiar significance . It was , perhaps , the last that the people would hold . An ...
Page 137
... spirit was aroused and the festival would last until the passion was quenched and their veins were cooled . The next dance was started by a squaw . It was called the " choosing dance , " from the fact that either a man or a woman chose ...
... spirit was aroused and the festival would last until the passion was quenched and their veins were cooled . The next dance was started by a squaw . It was called the " choosing dance , " from the fact that either a man or a woman chose ...
Page 141
... spirit of mor- tal be sad with a month's pay in pocket ? When he was able to be out again , the stage was twenty - four hours away , and Camp McBain was thirty - five miles over the range . The one liveryman of Santa Rosia looked him ...
... spirit of mor- tal be sad with a month's pay in pocket ? When he was able to be out again , the stage was twenty - four hours away , and Camp McBain was thirty - five miles over the range . The one liveryman of Santa Rosia looked him ...
Page 171
... spirit and a short one in the body . " The biblical basis upon which the play has been erected consists of but a single chapter in the second book of Kings . By judicious employment of the elements of romance and tragedy , Van Dyke has ...
... spirit and a short one in the body . " The biblical basis upon which the play has been erected consists of but a single chapter in the second book of Kings . By judicious employment of the elements of romance and tragedy , Van Dyke has ...
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