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a very chilly introduction to the " beautiful " a couple of hours later when our train took siding at the snow - line ; and long ere we reached the mountain - top our floors were covered with slush , seats wet , and two broken windows ...
a very chilly introduction to the " beautiful " a couple of hours later when our train took siding at the snow - line ; and long ere we reached the mountain - top our floors were covered with slush , seats wet , and two broken windows ...
Stran 4
Ten miles east of the summit , and a thousand feet below , lies Truckee , our " picnic " grounds , which we reached in time for early breakfast . The doubleteam sleigh men had anticipated our coming and insisted that we take the trip to ...
Ten miles east of the summit , and a thousand feet below , lies Truckee , our " picnic " grounds , which we reached in time for early breakfast . The doubleteam sleigh men had anticipated our coming and insisted that we take the trip to ...
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It is reached by picturesque narrow - gauge railroad . However , this road is hopelessly buried beneath many feet of snow all winter , and though there is quite a lively town by the lake , winter travel is all in the primitive way .
It is reached by picturesque narrow - gauge railroad . However , this road is hopelessly buried beneath many feet of snow all winter , and though there is quite a lively town by the lake , winter travel is all in the primitive way .
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In one place , fully a thousand feet above sea level , we dug down through a stratum of cracked shells more than three feet without reaching the bottom . In area the deposit appeared to cover some acres of ground .
In one place , fully a thousand feet above sea level , we dug down through a stratum of cracked shells more than three feet without reaching the bottom . In area the deposit appeared to cover some acres of ground .
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When they reached their land they were alone in the forest , only one family within ten miles . They slept in the wagon until father could build a little one - room log cabin . Here they began a life - time struggle for both of them ...
When they reached their land they were alone in the forest , only one family within ten miles . They slept in the wagon until father could build a little one - room log cabin . Here they began a life - time struggle for both of them ...
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Stran 232 - Behind him lay the gray Azores, Behind the Gates of Hercules ; Before him not the ghost of shores, Before him only shoreless seas. The good mate said : "Now must we pray, For lo ! the very stars are gone. Brave Admiral, speak, what shall I say ?" "Why, say, 'Sail on ! sail on ! and on !'" "My men grow mutinous day by day; My men grow ghastly wan and weak.
Stran 158 - Sail on ! sail on ! sail on ! and on !" Then pale and worn, he paced his deck, And peered through darkness.
Stran 158 - The stout mate thought of home; a spray Of salt wave washed his swarthy cheek. "What shall I say, brave Adm'r'l, say, If we sight naught but seas at dawn?" "Why, you shall say, at break of day: 'Sail on! sail on! sail on! and on!
Stran 133 - I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all.
Stran 113 - The bravest battle that ever was fought! Shall I tell you where and when ? On the maps of the world you will find it not : 'Twas fought by the mothers of men.
Stran 232 - BEHIND him lay the gray Azores, Behind, the Gates of Hercules ; Before him not the ghost of shores ; Before him only shoreless seas. The good mate said: "Now must we pray, For lo ! the very stars are gone. Brave Admiral, speak; what shall I say?
Stran 113 - In men whom men pronounce divine I find so much of sin and blot, I hesitate to draw a line Between the two, where God has not.
Stran 158 - This mad sea shows his teeth tonight. He curls his lip, he lies in wait. With lifted teeth, as if to bite! Brave Adm'r'l, say but one good word: What shall we do when hope is gone?" The words leapt like a leaping sword: "Sail on! sail on! sail on! and on!
Stran 87 - For ever and aye in dust at his side ? " Look at the roses saluting each other ; Look at the herds all at peace on the plain. Man, and man only, makes war on his brother ; And laughs in his heart at his peril and pain : Shamed by the beasts that go down on the plain. " Is it worth while that we battle to humble Some poor fellow down into the dust...
Stran 158 - Sail on! sail on! sail on! and on!" Then, pale and worn, he kept his deck, And peered through darkness. Ah, that night Of all dark nights! And then a speck — A light!