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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... gentleman — who conducted the Dead Sea Expedition , and wishing likewise to pay a compliment to the administration under which I was employed , I named the mules " Fanny Pierce , " and " Fanny Bigler . " Our cortége passing along Kearny ...
... gentleman — who conducted the Dead Sea Expedition , and wishing likewise to pay a compliment to the administration under which I was employed , I named the mules " Fanny Pierce , " and " Fanny Bigler . " Our cortége passing along Kearny ...
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... gentleman , who appeared engaged in some description of traf- fic with the emigrants ; and on watching his motions intently , my surprise was great to find that his employment consisted in selling them small pieces of pasteboard at ...
... gentleman , who appeared engaged in some description of traf- fic with the emigrants ; and on watching his motions intently , my surprise was great to find that his employment consisted in selling them small pieces of pasteboard at ...
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... is plain , that none of these expressions give an exact idea of the nature of the day ; and the two superlative expressions are generally untrue . I " " once heard a gentleman remark , on a rainy , A NEW SYSTEM OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR, 32.
... is plain , that none of these expressions give an exact idea of the nature of the day ; and the two superlative expressions are generally untrue . I " " once heard a gentleman remark , on a rainy , A NEW SYSTEM OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR, 32.
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Or, Sketches and Burlesques George Horatio Derby. once heard a gentleman remark , on a rainy , snowy , windy and ( in the ordinary English language ) indescribable day , that it was แ most preposterous weather . " He came nearer to ...
Or, Sketches and Burlesques George Horatio Derby. once heard a gentleman remark , on a rainy , snowy , windy and ( in the ordinary English language ) indescribable day , that it was แ most preposterous weather . " He came nearer to ...
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... gentleman named Copernicus , who flourished about the middle of the Fifteenth Century , it was supposed by our stupid ancestors that the Earth was the centre of all creation , being a large flat body , resting on a rock which rested on ...
... gentleman named Copernicus , who flourished about the middle of the Fifteenth Century , it was supposed by our stupid ancestors that the Earth was the centre of all creation , being a large flat body , resting on a rock which rested on ...
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