The Californian, Volume 5A. Roman, 1882 |
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... Young Devine had stood leaning on his gun after the girl darted away in the tunnel , thinking of her , her beauty , her simple truth and sincerity , loving her with all his heart . Then he shouldered his empty gun , and started back to ...
... Young Devine had stood leaning on his gun after the girl darted away in the tunnel , thinking of her , her beauty , her simple truth and sincerity , loving her with all his heart . Then he shouldered his empty gun , and started back to ...
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... young man laid down his load on the bunk in the cabin . The old man began fee- bly to revive . Devine felt at first the most in- tense pleasure . Then he stepped back , fold- ed his arms , and said to himself , " This is the man who ...
... young man laid down his load on the bunk in the cabin . The old man began fee- bly to revive . Devine felt at first the most in- tense pleasure . Then he stepped back , fold- ed his arms , and said to himself , " This is the man who ...
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... young man for killing him . But this young man must die , too . She would make a clean sweep of all . And if only that girl could be brought into it also ! How she hated her ! She was growing more beautiful every day . She was more ...
... young man for killing him . But this young man must die , too . She would make a clean sweep of all . And if only that girl could be brought into it also ! How she hated her ! She was growing more beautiful every day . She was more ...
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... young woman employed in a semi - subordinate capacity on one of the large dailies in San Francisco . One of the gentlemen in the group detached himself from another , and came toward her ; but be- fore he could speak to her another ...
... young woman employed in a semi - subordinate capacity on one of the large dailies in San Francisco . One of the gentlemen in the group detached himself from another , and came toward her ; but be- fore he could speak to her another ...
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... young girls , for both must have passed the twentieth birthday . Mar- garet - or , more commonly , Madge - Led- yard was , in fact , twenty - two , and Faith Arm- strong twenty - one . They looked younger , with that kind of ...
... young girls , for both must have passed the twentieth birthday . Mar- garet - or , more commonly , Madge - Led- yard was , in fact , twenty - two , and Faith Arm- strong twenty - one . They looked younger , with that kind of ...
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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...