A History of the New California, Its Resources and People, Količina 1Lewis Publishing Company, 1905 - 1199 strani Brief biographies of prominent and influential people in California in the late 19th and early 20th century. With many portraits. |
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... later times the good Father Casanova of Monterey took a leading part . Father William Tay- lor , the " Methodist Boanerges , " was the most prominent evangelical re- former of his day , a great force for good in San Francisco . In later ...
... later times the good Father Casanova of Monterey took a leading part . Father William Tay- lor , the " Methodist Boanerges , " was the most prominent evangelical re- former of his day , a great force for good in San Francisco . In later ...
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... later days to the man of affairs . It was the influence of good lawyers that brought about the use of the English language in the early courts and replaced the Civil law of Roman origin by the English common law . Prominent in this work ...
... later days to the man of affairs . It was the influence of good lawyers that brought about the use of the English language in the early courts and replaced the Civil law of Roman origin by the English common law . Prominent in this work ...
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... later generations , is it to become a living power among them forever . It rarely happens to one man and woman to have both the power and the skill to thus live after death , work- ing and shaping beneficently in the lives of many - not ...
... later generations , is it to become a living power among them forever . It rarely happens to one man and woman to have both the power and the skill to thus live after death , work- ing and shaping beneficently in the lives of many - not ...
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... later years , the same indif- ference was noted . At the Hawaiian metropolis he saw old men and women that cared nothing for the volcanic fires of Kilauea , though at times its aspect was that of a burning mountain . The sublime ...
... later years , the same indif- ference was noted . At the Hawaiian metropolis he saw old men and women that cared nothing for the volcanic fires of Kilauea , though at times its aspect was that of a burning mountain . The sublime ...
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... later a controversy arose between Portugal and Spain , by reason of Portugal's attempt to claim the countries discovered by Columbus . The entire case was referred to Pope Alexander VI , and on May 3 , 1493 , he decided it by granting ...
... later a controversy arose between Portugal and Spain , by reason of Portugal's attempt to claim the countries discovered by Columbus . The entire case was referred to Pope Alexander VI , and on May 3 , 1493 , he decided it by granting ...
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A History of the New California: Its Resources and People, Volume 2 Leigh Hadley Irvine Predogled ni na voljo - 2015 |
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Stran 26 - Know that on the right hand of the Indies there is an island called California, very near to the Terrestrial Paradise...
Stran 408 - Manson to be a man of broad intelligence and genuine public spirit, for these have been shadowed forth between the lines of this review. Strong in his individuality, he never lacks the courage of his convictions...
Stran 28 - Nova Albion, and that for two causes ; the one in respect of the white banks and cliffs, which lie towards the sea, and the other, because it might have some affinity with our country in name, which sometime was so called.
Stran 29 - It seemeth that the Spaniards hitherto had never been in this part of the country, neither did ever discover the land by many degrees to the southwards of this place.
Stran 83 - WHEREAS, It has become apparent to the citizens of San Francisco that there is no security for life and property, either under the regulations of society as it at present exists or under the laws as now administered...
Stran 328 - I never saw a Big Tree that had died a natural death; barring accidents they seem to be immortal, being exempt from all the diseases that afflict and kill other trees. Unless destroyed by man, they live on indefinitely until burned, smashed by lightning, or cast down by storms, or by the giving way of the ground on which they stand.
Stran 458 - The object is, to give to children resources that will endure as long as life endures, — habits that time will ameliorate. not destroy,— occupations that will render sickness tolerable, solitude pleasant, age venerable, life more dignified and useful, and therefore death less terrible...
Stran 185 - The petitioners must accompany the petition with a good and sufficient bond, to be approved by the said board of supervisors, in double the amount of the probable cost of organizing such district, conditioned that the bondsmen will pay all the said costs in case said organization shall not be effected.
Stran 72 - The District of San Diego will elect two delegates, of Los Angeles four, of Santa Barbara two, of San Luis Obispo two, of Monterey five, of San Jose' five, of San Francisco five, of Sonoma four, of Sacramento four, of San Joaquin four.
Stran 26 - Amazons. They were of strong and hardened bodies, of ardent courage, and of great force. The island was the strongest in the world from its steep rocks and great cliffs. Their arms were all of gold ; and so were the caparisons of the wild beasts which they...