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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... Earth , the Moon . PISTOL SHOOTING — A COUNTER CHALLENGE ,. ANTIDOTE FOR FLEAS , ........................ . PHOENIX AT THE MISSION DOLORES , ...... .. SQUIBOB IN BENICIA , .......... SQUIBOB IN SONOMA , ... .. 51 67 71 73 882 78 85 PAGE ...
... Earth , the Moon . PISTOL SHOOTING — A COUNTER CHALLENGE ,. ANTIDOTE FOR FLEAS , ........................ . PHOENIX AT THE MISSION DOLORES , ...... .. SQUIBOB IN BENICIA , .......... SQUIBOB IN SONOMA , ... .. 51 67 71 73 882 78 85 PAGE ...
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... earth , one at each extremity of the line , to mark the initial points . On placing compasses over these points to determine the bear- ing of the base , we were extremely perplexed by the unac- countable local attraction that prevailed ...
... earth , one at each extremity of the line , to mark the initial points . On placing compasses over these points to determine the bear- ing of the base , we were extremely perplexed by the unac- countable local attraction that prevailed ...
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... Earth ; and as we have every reason to suppose that every one of this inconceivable number of worlds is peopled like our own , a consideration of this fact and that we are un- doubtedly as superior to these beings , as we are to the ...
... Earth ; and as we have every reason to suppose that every one of this inconceivable number of worlds is peopled like our own , a consideration of this fact and that we are un- doubtedly as superior to these beings , as we are to the ...
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... Earth , on which we reside , is one , which shine by light reflected from the Sun , -and which regularly move around that body at different intervals of time and through different ranges in space . Up to the time of a gentleman named ...
... Earth , on which we reside , is one , which shine by light reflected from the Sun , -and which regularly move around that body at different intervals of time and through different ranges in space . Up to the time of a gentleman named ...
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... Earth , Mars , Flora , Vesta , Iris , Metis , Hebe , Astrea , Juno , Ceres , Pallas , Hygeia , Jupiter , Saturn , Her- schel , Neptune , and another , yet unnamed . There are dis- tributed among these , nineteen secondaries , all of ...
... Earth , Mars , Flora , Vesta , Iris , Metis , Hebe , Astrea , Juno , Ceres , Pallas , Hygeia , Jupiter , Saturn , Her- schel , Neptune , and another , yet unnamed . There are dis- tributed among these , nineteen secondaries , all of ...
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