The Pioneer: Or, California Monthly Magazine, Volume 4Le Count and Strong, 1966 General interest magazine, with emphasis on literature and poetry, some history, natural science, and current events. Contained the first publication of the Letters from Dame Shirley (Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe), 1819-1906. Her letters were an important description of life in the California Gold Rush mining camps. Zamorano 80, no. 69. |
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... dark the luminosity of the imponderable effluvia from chemical decomposition of corpses . And thus I think I have succeeded in tearing down one of the thickest veils of dark ignorance and human delusion . " It will be utterly impossible ...
... dark the luminosity of the imponderable effluvia from chemical decomposition of corpses . And thus I think I have succeeded in tearing down one of the thickest veils of dark ignorance and human delusion . " It will be utterly impossible ...
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... DARK is the night- Huge clouds assail the moon in black array ; Pale is the light- Like gliding specter - of each fitful ray , Scarce seen on darkness ere it dies away . Loud swells the gale ; The viewless windy billows onward sweep ...
... DARK is the night- Huge clouds assail the moon in black array ; Pale is the light- Like gliding specter - of each fitful ray , Scarce seen on darkness ere it dies away . Loud swells the gale ; The viewless windy billows onward sweep ...
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... darkness her light , And illumes the dark soul with her song- Making bright the dark soul with her song . She loves the blessed regions of light , ( Does this wonderful spirit of song . ) But she floats through the depths of the night ...
... darkness her light , And illumes the dark soul with her song- Making bright the dark soul with her song . She loves the blessed regions of light , ( Does this wonderful spirit of song . ) But she floats through the depths of the night ...
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A Steeple Chase on the Prairies | 22 |
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