The Overland MonthlySamuel Carson, 1920 |
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Stran 5
... took very undignified attitudes . Some seemed to get broken up like old Toboggan Slide Elevator . ed that those who are not acquainted with these fence - rail skates get on with them about as well as a fish swimming out of water ...
... took very undignified attitudes . Some seemed to get broken up like old Toboggan Slide Elevator . ed that those who are not acquainted with these fence - rail skates get on with them about as well as a fish swimming out of water ...
Stran 16
... took delight in their destruc- tion . Hogs regarded a rattlesnake as a dainty morsel , and the bite of a rattle- snake had no effect upon a hog . The milk was kept in crocks in the spring house and the vessels were kept carefully ...
... took delight in their destruc- tion . Hogs regarded a rattlesnake as a dainty morsel , and the bite of a rattle- snake had no effect upon a hog . The milk was kept in crocks in the spring house and the vessels were kept carefully ...
Stran 17
... took the wool which my father sheared from the sheep , dyed it with the walnut ooze , carded it by hand card boards into rolls , spun it on a large spinning wheel into yarn thread , wove it on a hand loom into a web of durable jeans ...
... took the wool which my father sheared from the sheep , dyed it with the walnut ooze , carded it by hand card boards into rolls , spun it on a large spinning wheel into yarn thread , wove it on a hand loom into a web of durable jeans ...
Stran 18
... took hard elder stems which he cut into eight inch lengths , pushed out the pith and inserted one each into a sugar tree at such an angle as to drain the sap into the trough . Then began the process of gathering the sugar - water into ...
... took hard elder stems which he cut into eight inch lengths , pushed out the pith and inserted one each into a sugar tree at such an angle as to drain the sap into the trough . Then began the process of gathering the sugar - water into ...
Stran 24
... took the attitude of a musical conductor , then , and then only , she would sing - and it was always the aria from Traviata . " I had been called in consultation by a man of wealth , who had been La Mar- guerite's lover . When I told ...
... took the attitude of a musical conductor , then , and then only , she would sing - and it was always the aria from Traviata . " I had been called in consultation by a man of wealth , who had been La Mar- guerite's lover . When I told ...
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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!