 Nevada, cutting the clear air like mother-of-pearl; behind there is the roll of the ocean; to the left, the majestic gateway between mountains through which ships bear in commerce from the farthest shores of the Pacific ; to the right, valleys rich with...  California Today, San Francisco, Its Metropolis - Stran 271903 - 192 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Charles Read Nutter, Frank Wilson Cheney Hersey, Chester Noyes Greenough - 1907 - 522 strani
...like mother-of-pearl ; behind i5 there is the roll of the ocean ; to the left, the majestic gateway between mountains through which ships bear in commerce...southern horizon. The city itself is full of bold hills, 20 rising steeply from the deep water. The air is keen, dry, and bright, like the air of Greece, and... | |
 | Edwin Markham - 1914 - 490 strani
...that combine an equally perfect landscape with what may be called an equally imperial position. . . . The city itself is full of bold hills, rising steeply from the deep water. The air is keen and dry and bright, like the air of Greece, and the waters not less blue. Perhaps it is this light... | |
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