The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Količina 35A. L. Bancroft, 1888 |
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Stran 11
... reaching the bottom ; yet enough is left , even in the dryest part of the season , to send a deep , hoarse roar reverberating through the cañon . Two miles above the Yosemite fall , the valley splits into three cañons , at the head of ...
... reaching the bottom ; yet enough is left , even in the dryest part of the season , to send a deep , hoarse roar reverberating through the cañon . Two miles above the Yosemite fall , the valley splits into three cañons , at the head of ...
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... reaching his companions ex- claimed : " Boys ! I have found hell ! " Around the cool deep crystal waters of Clear Lake are numerous soda springs , sulphur banks , and borax deposits . Down the western slope of the western ridge that ...
... reaching his companions ex- claimed : " Boys ! I have found hell ! " Around the cool deep crystal waters of Clear Lake are numerous soda springs , sulphur banks , and borax deposits . Down the western slope of the western ridge that ...
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... join him . The latter reached that point on the 19th of January , 1848 , and by the 8th of February had nineteen thousand dollars . On the next day east EXTRAVAGANT INVENTIONS . 57 while he and others " 56 FURTHER RUMORS OF GOLD .
... join him . The latter reached that point on the 19th of January , 1848 , and by the 8th of February had nineteen thousand dollars . On the next day east EXTRAVAGANT INVENTIONS . 57 while he and others " 56 FURTHER RUMORS OF GOLD .
Stran 78
... reached the opposite bank he was so benumbed that he could not work . He tried to light a fire , but his fingers refused to hold the flint and steel . He then tried to catch fire from his gun , a cap - lock , but while in the water the ...
... reached the opposite bank he was so benumbed that he could not work . He tried to light a fire , but his fingers refused to hold the flint and steel . He then tried to catch fire from his gun , a cap - lock , but while in the water the ...
Stran 93
... reaching the end , arrived in California well and strong , like a man newly made ; many a one , alas ! set out well and strong who met death ere his journey was completed . In company with others , some bound for Oregon and some for.
... reaching the end , arrived in California well and strong , like a man newly made ; many a one , alas ! set out well and strong who met death ere his journey was completed . In company with others , some bound for Oregon and some for.
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alcalde Applegate bank Bogus Charley cabin California called camp Canby cañon Captain Jack claims commissioners court death dollars drink eyes feet fight fire Fort Klamath Frémont friends gambler gambling gold hand heart hills honor Hooker Jim horses hundred Indians Jack's Jesse Applegate judge justice killed Klamath lake land lava beds Lost river Marshall Meacham Mexican miles miners mines Modocs Mormon island morning mountains murder natives never night officers Oregon Panamá party passengers peace pistols prison replied round Sacramento saloon San Francisco savages Scarfaced Charley Sconchin sent settlers ship shot side Sierra silver Sonora soon squatters steamer street stronghold Sutter Sutter's fort thing thought thousand tion took town troops Tule lake turned valley voyage women Yainax Yreka
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Stran 732 - Honour pricks me on. Yea, but how if honour prick me off when I come on, how then ? Can honour set to a leg ? No. Or an arm ? No. Or take away the grief of a wound? No. Honour hath no skill in surgery then ? No. What is honour? A word. What is in that word, honour ? What is that honour ? Air. A trim reckoning ! — Who hath it ? He that died o
Stran 436 - For, if once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing, and from robbing he comes next to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination.
Stran 399 - That it shall be the duty of the commissioners herein provided for to ascertain and report to the Secretary of the Interior the tenure by which the mission lands are held, and those held by civilized Indians, and those who are engaged in agriculture or labor of any kind, and also those which are occupied and cultivated by Pueblos or Rancheros Indians.
Stran 732 - What is in that word honour ? what is that honour ? air. A trim reckoning ! Who hath it ? he that died o" Wednesday. Doth he feel it? no. Doth he hear it? no. 'Tis insensible, then? Yea, to the dead. But will it not live •with the living? no. Why? detraction will not suffer it. Therefore I '11 none of it Honour is a mere scutcheon : and so ends my catechism.
Stran 582 - Give me leave. Here lies the water; good: here stands the man ; good : if the man go to this water and drown himself, it is, will he, nill he, he goes; mark you that; but if the water come to him and drown him, he drowns not himself: argal, he that is not guilty of his own death shortens not his own life. 2. CLO. But is this law? 1. CLO. Ay, marry, is't; crowner's quest law. 2. CLO. Will you ha
Stran 190 - We have had enough of action, and of motion we, Roll'd to starboard, roll'd to larboard, when the surge was seething free, Where the wallowing monster spouted his foam-fountains in the sea. Let us swear an oath, and keep it with an equal mind, In the hollow Lotos-land to live and lie reclined On the hills like Gods together, careless of mankind.
Stran 663 - Dr. Johnson observed, that our drinking less than our ancestors was owing to the change from ale to wine.
Stran 660 - Put in the sperits first," says his Riv'rence; "and then put in the sugar; and remember, every dhrop ov wather you put in after that, spoils the punch.
Stran 665 - Drinking may be practised with great prudence ; a man who exposes himself when he is intoxicated, has not the art of getting drunk...
Stran 74 - I positively debated within myself two or three times whether I should take the trouble to bend my back to pick up one of the pieces, and had decided on not doing so, when further on, another glittering morsel caught my eye — the largest of the pieces now before you. I condescended to pick it up, and to my astonishment found that it was a thin scale of what appears to be pure gold.