The Overland MonthlySamuel Carson, 1920 |
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Stran 1
... young folks who had never seen Mother Earth in her robe of white except that on any clear day for about eight months of the year they could see the winter - white Sierras at the distance of about eighty miles as the crow flies . Now ...
... young folks who had never seen Mother Earth in her robe of white except that on any clear day for about eight months of the year they could see the winter - white Sierras at the distance of about eighty miles as the crow flies . Now ...
Stran 10
... young like a mammal , the young perch being completely formed when born . They swim away at once from their parent , and seem quite ca- pable of taking up the struggle for ex- istence without maternal guidance . I once saw a rainbow ...
... young like a mammal , the young perch being completely formed when born . They swim away at once from their parent , and seem quite ca- pable of taking up the struggle for ex- istence without maternal guidance . I once saw a rainbow ...
Stran 16
... young from the fierce Rocky Mountain panthers and wolves in the early days . I must not fail to mention the great abundance of rattlesnakes that crawled and rattled and hissed in every thicket . There were two species of these reptiles ...
... young from the fierce Rocky Mountain panthers and wolves in the early days . I must not fail to mention the great abundance of rattlesnakes that crawled and rattled and hissed in every thicket . There were two species of these reptiles ...
Stran 18
... young hogs were required for the family . It was a hard and exciting day's work , commencing before daylight and closing after dark , leaving a row of white , clean porkers hanging in perfect line to become cold by the frosty winter ...
... young hogs were required for the family . It was a hard and exciting day's work , commencing before daylight and closing after dark , leaving a row of white , clean porkers hanging in perfect line to become cold by the frosty winter ...
Stran 22
... young ladies - students - were already in- stalled and she , Mme . Lilas , would re- ceive no more . We were sufficient . Sit- One day , towards evening , I was tempted by a delicate play of light and shadow and a peculiar amethyst hue ...
... young ladies - students - were already in- stalled and she , Mme . Lilas , would re- ceive no more . We were sufficient . Sit- One day , towards evening , I was tempted by a delicate play of light and shadow and a peculiar amethyst hue ...
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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!