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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... opinion ; the distance being generally supposed to be some ten miles ; but I will stake my professional reputation on the accuracy of our work , and there can , of course , be no disputing the elucidations of science , or facts ...
... opinion ; the distance being generally supposed to be some ten miles ; but I will stake my professional reputation on the accuracy of our work , and there can , of course , be no disputing the elucidations of science , or facts ...
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... opinions of the ethnologists of the California Academy of Natural Sciences , ' and conclude that the original name of this territory was Sand Francisco , from which the final ' d ' in the prefix has been lost by time , like the art of ...
... opinions of the ethnologists of the California Academy of Natural Sciences , ' and conclude that the original name of this territory was Sand Francisco , from which the final ' d ' in the prefix has been lost by time , like the art of ...
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... opinion on the " Great Central " for the present , it will be greatly to my interest , and as my interest is cer- tainly my principal consideration , I shall undoubtedly com- ply with their request , unless , indeed , greater inducement ...
... opinion on the " Great Central " for the present , it will be greatly to my interest , and as my interest is cer- tainly my principal consideration , I shall undoubtedly com- ply with their request , unless , indeed , greater inducement ...
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... opinion thereon , she replied , that " if a first - rate magazine article were represented by 100 , she should judge ... opinion ( which , of course , differs from mine ) on the subject ? As Dr. Samuel Johnson learnedly remarked to James ...
... opinion thereon , she replied , that " if a first - rate magazine article were represented by 100 , she should judge ... opinion ( which , of course , differs from mine ) on the subject ? As Dr. Samuel Johnson learnedly remarked to James ...
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... opinion we are led , also , by reasoning from analogy , on considering our own Solar System . THE SOLAR SYSTEM is so called , not because we believe it to be the sole system of the kind in existence , but from its principal body the Sun ...
... opinion we are led , also , by reasoning from analogy , on considering our own Solar System . THE SOLAR SYSTEM is so called , not because we believe it to be the sole system of the kind in existence , but from its principal body the Sun ...
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