Phoenixiana: Or, Sketches and BurlesquesThe first collection of sketches by the legendary California journalist and humorist George Horatio Derby (1823-1861), who came to California during the Gold Rush and quickly became a regular and popular contributor to the local newspapers. Derby wrote under several pseudonyms, including John Phoenix, John P. Squibob and Amos Butterfield, and his writings influenced both Twain and Harte, among humorists. |
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... with unabated ardor until the evening of the 10th instant , when we had arrived opposite Mrs. Freeman's " American Eagle , " where we encamped . From this point a botanical party 28 OFFICIAL REPORT ON CENTRAL ROUTE .
... with unabated ardor until the evening of the 10th instant , when we had arrived opposite Mrs. Freeman's " American Eagle , " where we encamped . From this point a botanical party 28 OFFICIAL REPORT ON CENTRAL ROUTE .
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... from placing it before the American public , and it has remained for San Diego to show herself superior to her sister cities of the Union , in musical taste and appreciation , and 3 MUSICAL , REVIEW EXTRAORDINARY . 49.
... from placing it before the American public , and it has remained for San Diego to show herself superior to her sister cities of the Union , in musical taste and appreciation , and 3 MUSICAL , REVIEW EXTRAORDINARY . 49.
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... American with a due sense of his own importance in the scale of ani- mated creation . It is supposed that each of the stars we see in the Hea- vens in a cloudless night , is a sun shining upon its own cur- vilinear , with light of its ...
... American with a due sense of his own importance in the scale of ani- mated creation . It is supposed that each of the stars we see in the Hea- vens in a cloudless night , is a sun shining upon its own cur- vilinear , with light of its ...
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... American property . THE MOON . This resplendent luminary , like a youth on the 4th of July , has its first quarter ; like a ruined spendthrift its last quarter ; and like an omnibus , is occasionally full , and new . The evenings on ...
... American property . THE MOON . This resplendent luminary , like a youth on the 4th of July , has its first quarter ; like a ruined spendthrift its last quarter ; and like an omnibus , is occasionally full , and new . The evenings on ...
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... America- nos son abajos , no vale nada ! ( Hic , ) nada , nada , nada , ( hic- cup . ) Mira ! hombre , dar me poco de aguadiente Caramba . " This oration was remarkably well received , and shortly after , the band commencing its ...
... America- nos son abajos , no vale nada ! ( Hic , ) nada , nada , nada , ( hic- cup . ) Mira ! hombre , dar me poco de aguadiente Caramba . " This oration was remarkably well received , and shortly after , the band commencing its ...
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