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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 . After breakfast we went across the river to the toboggan ...
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 . After breakfast we went across the river to the toboggan ...
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Much of his time was spent traveling the county roads , near and far , " kinder visitin ' raound , " as he called it , on foot , on horseback , or with his delapidated wagon and two runty little cayuses , he ranged the highways ...
Much of his time was spent traveling the county roads , near and far , " kinder visitin ' raound , " as he called it , on foot , on horseback , or with his delapidated wagon and two runty little cayuses , he ranged the highways ...
Stran 31
He then volunteered to patrol the roads from Springfield Flat to the Stanislaus river , and he did so for one night , but as two shovels , a pick , two single - hand hammers and a coil of fuse were gone in the morning from the dump of ...
He then volunteered to patrol the roads from Springfield Flat to the Stanislaus river , and he did so for one night , but as two shovels , a pick , two single - hand hammers and a coil of fuse were gone in the morning from the dump of ...
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This trail across the divide though rougher , was much shorter than the road , and he was confident he could beat the Colonel in , notwithstanding the handicap against him . He felt satisfied that the Colonel would be delayed by chance ...
This trail across the divide though rougher , was much shorter than the road , and he was confident he could beat the Colonel in , notwithstanding the handicap against him . He felt satisfied that the Colonel would be delayed by chance ...
Stran 33
He strolled outside to enjoy the bright sunlight and the fresh air and while thus engaged caught sight of a peddler's wagon on the road going toward the town and suddenly felt the need of fresh vegetables .
He strolled outside to enjoy the bright sunlight and the fresh air and while thus engaged caught sight of a peddler's wagon on the road going toward the town and suddenly felt the need of fresh vegetables .
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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!