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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Page 38
... wish to convey ; in other words , we shall be enabled to speak the truth . Glorious , soul- inspiring idea ! For ... wishes to 38 A NEW SYSTEM OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
... wish to convey ; in other words , we shall be enabled to speak the truth . Glorious , soul- inspiring idea ! For ... wishes to 38 A NEW SYSTEM OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
Page 39
... wishes to arrive at your exact state of health ? Let this system be adopted into our elements of grammar , our conversation , our literature , and we become at once an exact , precise , mathematical , truth - telling people . It will ...
... wishes to arrive at your exact state of health ? Let this system be adopted into our elements of grammar , our conversation , our literature , and we become at once an exact , precise , mathematical , truth - telling people . It will ...
Page 50
... wishes and its capabilities . We trust every citizen of San Diego and Vallecetos will listen to it ere it is withdrawn ; and if there yet lingers in San Francisco one spark of musical fervor , or a remnant of taste for pure harmony , we ...
... wishes and its capabilities . We trust every citizen of San Diego and Vallecetos will listen to it ere it is withdrawn ; and if there yet lingers in San Francisco one spark of musical fervor , or a remnant of taste for pure harmony , we ...
Page 87
... wish to engage in a controversy on the subject ; but , God forgive me if I am in error , I thought Calhoun had been dead for some months . Well , I suppose some one is elected by this time , and the waves of political excitement have ...
... wish to engage in a controversy on the subject ; but , God forgive me if I am in error , I thought Calhoun had been dead for some months . Well , I suppose some one is elected by this time , and the waves of political excitement have ...
Page 99
... wish't I was married and well of it , I dread it powerful — I'd like to marry a widow - I allers liked widows since I knowed one down in Georgia that suited my ideas , adzactly . เ " About a week after her husband died , she started ...
... wish't I was married and well of it , I dread it powerful — I'd like to marry a widow - I allers liked widows since I knowed one down in Georgia that suited my ideas , adzactly . เ " About a week after her husband died , she started ...
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