The Overland MonthlySamuel Carson, 1920 - California |
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... dark , leaving a row of white , clean porkers hanging in perfect line to become cold by the frosty winter night . The youngsters of the family had a happy day watching the exciting work , not unfrequently slying cutting off a fat tail ...
... dark , leaving a row of white , clean porkers hanging in perfect line to become cold by the frosty winter night . The youngsters of the family had a happy day watching the exciting work , not unfrequently slying cutting off a fat tail ...
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... darker , down the street , a gas lamp was lit , and blossomed like a flower in the purple light . Almost at the same mo ... dark , Mme . Lilas being extremely eco- nomical . With as much dignity as was possible with extreme haste , I ...
... darker , down the street , a gas lamp was lit , and blossomed like a flower in the purple light . Almost at the same mo ... dark , Mme . Lilas being extremely eco- nomical . With as much dignity as was possible with extreme haste , I ...
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... dark and winding streets of old Paris and crossed the Pont Neuf , the state of panic I had been in subsided . On reaching my friend's home - and while I waited for him to receive me - I tried to think of some pretext for my 23 Some call ...
... dark and winding streets of old Paris and crossed the Pont Neuf , the state of panic I had been in subsided . On reaching my friend's home - and while I waited for him to receive me - I tried to think of some pretext for my 23 Some call ...
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... dark Kindle in me a reckless spark . Let me challenge deeds others defy By thy just blessing from on high . Thanks for listening to my prayer God of Adventure boun'd by dare . Thy will be done . Muckraking the Muckraker By Hamilton ...
... dark Kindle in me a reckless spark . Let me challenge deeds others defy By thy just blessing from on high . Thanks for listening to my prayer God of Adventure boun'd by dare . Thy will be done . Muckraking the Muckraker By Hamilton ...
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... Darkness is both their shield and their shroud . Between them and certain forms of unrighteous- ness there is a strange analogy . As light is to the former , so is the muckraker to the latter . The one is as much an antidote as the ...
... Darkness is both their shield and their shroud . Between them and certain forms of unrighteous- ness there is a strange analogy . As light is to the former , so is the muckraker to the latter . The one is as much an antidote as the ...
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Page 232 - Behind him lay the gray Azores, Behind the Gates of Hercules ; Before him not the ghost of shores, Before him only shoreless seas. The good mate said : "Now must we pray, For lo ! the very stars are gone. Brave Admiral, speak, what shall I say ?" "Why, say, 'Sail on ! sail on ! and on !'" "My men grow mutinous day by day; My men grow ghastly wan and weak.
Page 158 - Sail on ! sail on ! sail on ! and on !" Then pale and worn, he paced his deck, And peered through darkness.
Page 158 - The stout mate thought of home; a spray Of salt wave washed his swarthy cheek. "What shall I say, brave Adm'r'l, say, If we sight naught but seas at dawn?" "Why, you shall say, at break of day: 'Sail on! sail on! sail on! and on!
Page 133 - I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all.
Page 113 - The bravest battle that ever was fought! Shall I tell you where and when ? On the maps of the world you will find it not : 'Twas fought by the mothers of men.
Page 232 - BEHIND him lay the gray Azores, Behind, the Gates of Hercules ; Before him not the ghost of shores ; Before him only shoreless seas. The good mate said: "Now must we pray, For lo ! the very stars are gone. Brave Admiral, speak; what shall I say?
Page 113 - In men whom men pronounce divine I find so much of sin and blot, I hesitate to draw a line Between the two, where God has not.
Page 158 - This mad sea shows his teeth tonight. He curls his lip, he lies in wait. With lifted teeth, as if to bite! Brave Adm'r'l, say but one good word: What shall we do when hope is gone?" The words leapt like a leaping sword: "Sail on! sail on! sail on! and on!
Page 87 - For ever and aye in dust at his side ? " Look at the roses saluting each other ; Look at the herds all at peace on the plain. Man, and man only, makes war on his brother ; And laughs in his heart at his peril and pain : Shamed by the beasts that go down on the plain. " Is it worth while that we battle to humble Some poor fellow down into the dust...
Page 158 - Sail on! sail on! sail on! and on!" Then, pale and worn, he kept his deck, And peered through darkness. Ah, that night Of all dark nights! And then a speck — A light!