The Californian, Volume 5A. Roman, 1882 |
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... look into each other's eyes Quietly , for each knows the other's trust . Heaven is not far away such winter nights : The big white stars are sparkling in the east , And glitter in the gaze of solemn eyes ; For many things have faded ...
... look into each other's eyes Quietly , for each knows the other's trust . Heaven is not far away such winter nights : The big white stars are sparkling in the east , And glitter in the gaze of solemn eyes ; For many things have faded ...
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... look | at this gold bar . He lay there staring help- lessly up to Heaven . But they had not time to attend the dead man . The living must be looked after . Devine , leaving the gun leaning against the wall , took the old man on his ...
... look | at this gold bar . He lay there staring help- lessly up to Heaven . But they had not time to attend the dead man . The living must be looked after . Devine , leaving the gun leaning against the wall , took the old man on his ...
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... look of slavery about it , but the Islands have sus- tained , and are sustaining , such intimate re- lations with our country , that we are con- cerned in the good name and character of what we may very properly call our island ward ...
... look of slavery about it , but the Islands have sus- tained , and are sustaining , such intimate re- lations with our country , that we are con- cerned in the good name and character of what we may very properly call our island ward ...
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... look after have written are anxious to join them in their interests , and to see that they under- large numbers . stand and are protected in their rights . This protector , as he is officially called , vis- its the plantations , and if ...
... look after have written are anxious to join them in their interests , and to see that they under- large numbers . stand and are protected in their rights . This protector , as he is officially called , vis- its the plantations , and if ...
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... Look up , darling ! O , Faithie , don't , please don't feel all alone . I know I don't count for much beside what is gone ; but indeed , indeed I can be more to you than you realize now . I can stand be- tween you and utter loneliness ...
... Look up , darling ! O , Faithie , don't , please don't feel all alone . I know I don't count for much beside what is gone ; but indeed , indeed I can be more to you than you realize now . I can stand be- tween you and utter loneliness ...
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Page 563 - MAY I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their presence : live In pulses stirred to generosity, In deeds of daring rectitude, in scorn For miserable aims that end with self. In thoughts sublime that pierce the night like stars, And with their mild persistence urge man's search To vaster issues.
Page 356 - The flush of life may well be seen Thrilling back over hills and valleys; The cowslip startles in meadows green, The buttercup catches the sun in its chalice, And there's never a leaf nor a blade too mean To be some happy creature's palace...
Page 553 - It not only serves as a shield to the Executive, but it furnishes an additional security against the enaction of improper laws. It establishes a salutary check upon the Legislative body, calculated to guard the community against the effects of faction, precipitancy, or of any impulse unfriendly to the public good, which may happen to influence a majority of that body.
Page 356 - Now is the high-tide of the year, And whatever of life hath ebbed away Comes flooding back with a ripply cheer Into every bare inlet and creek and bay...
Page 465 - Good night! good night! as we so oft have said Beneath this roof at midnight, in the days That are no more, and shall no more return. Thou hast but taken thy lamp and gone to bed ; I stay a little longer, as one stays To cover up the embers that still burn.
Page 46 - Monday's child is fair of face/ Tuesday's child is full of grace/ Wednesday's child is full of woe/ Thursday's child has far to go/ Friday's child is loving and giving/ Saturday's child works hard for a living/ But the child that is born on the Sabbath Day/ Is bonny, and blithe, and good, and gay.
Page 4 - AND NEURALGIA : REFRESHES THE NERVES TIRED BY WORRY, EXCITEMENT OR EXCESSIVE BRAIN FATIGUE ; STRENGTHENS A FAILING MEMORY, AND GIVES RENEWED VIGOR IN ALL DISEASES OF NERVOUS EXHAUSTION OR DEBILITY. IT IS THE ONLY PRKVKNTIVE OF CONSUMPTION.
Page 464 - Come to me, O ye children ! And whisper in my ear What the birds and the winds are singing In your sunny atmosphere. For what are all our contrivings, And the wisdom of our books, When compared with your caresses, And the gladness of your looks ? Ye are better than all the ballads That ever were sung or said ; For ye are living poems, And all the rest are dead.
Page 192 - It may be doubted whether there are many other animals which have played so important a part in the history of the world, as have these lowly organized creatures.
Page 79 - property," as used in this article and section, is hereby declared to include moneys, credits, bonds, stocks, dues, franchises, and all other matters and things, real, personal, and mixed, capable of private ownership...