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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... heard the last of them , but circumstances entirely beyond his control have led to their republication . The Author does not flatter himself that he has made any very great addition to the literature of the age , by this performance ...
... heard the last of them , but circumstances entirely beyond his control have led to their republication . The Author does not flatter himself that he has made any very great addition to the literature of the age , by this performance ...
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... heard there - Another Squfbob in the Field - The origi- nal is killed by the Evening Journal -- An instructive Fable . THE LITERARY CONTRIBUTION Box ,. Lines to Lola Montes . A VERY MOURNFUL CHAPTER , ... ...... Giving the particulars ...
... heard there - Another Squfbob in the Field - The origi- nal is killed by the Evening Journal -- An instructive Fable . THE LITERARY CONTRIBUTION Box ,. Lines to Lola Montes . A VERY MOURNFUL CHAPTER , ... ...... Giving the particulars ...
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... heard of them occasion- ally on the march . On consulting with my assistants , I had determined to select , as a base for our operations , a line joining the summit of Telegraph Hill with the extremity of the wharf at Oak- land , and ...
... heard of them occasion- ally on the march . On consulting with my assistants , I had determined to select , as a base for our operations , a line joining the summit of Telegraph Hill with the extremity of the wharf at Oak- land , and ...
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... 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.
... 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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