The Californian, Volume 5A. Roman, 1882 |
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... leaves- veritable vegetable bayonets they - and as it grows , slowly in stature , more slowly still in girth , a stem comes into sight beneath ; year by year the up - pointing green spikes wither , turn downward , and at length lie dead ...
... leaves- veritable vegetable bayonets they - and as it grows , slowly in stature , more slowly still in girth , a stem comes into sight beneath ; year by year the up - pointing green spikes wither , turn downward , and at length lie dead ...
Page 30
... leaves , which ignite readily , so that he or they coming after may find in the future abundant fuel . By girdling the tree , the same result is brought about . There seem to be two varieties of the yucca ; of the trunk of one , matting ...
... leaves , which ignite readily , so that he or they coming after may find in the future abundant fuel . By girdling the tree , the same result is brought about . There seem to be two varieties of the yucca ; of the trunk of one , matting ...
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... leaves ; " Meg , your day is Friday ! Faith is the only astrologer here . Now for your own . " " O , it can't help being Saturday , " Faith said , composedly . " Or Wednesday , " she added to herself ; but she did not say it After ...
... leaves ; " Meg , your day is Friday ! Faith is the only astrologer here . Now for your own . " " O , it can't help being Saturday , " Faith said , composedly . " Or Wednesday , " she added to herself ; but she did not say it After ...
Page 51
... leaves , according to their wont in December , were bright purple , brittle , and more fragrant than usual . " It is our prettiest walk , " she said . " I suppose the young people walk here a good deal ? " " Seeking the bubble ...
... leaves , according to their wont in December , were bright purple , brittle , and more fragrant than usual . " It is our prettiest walk , " she said . " I suppose the young people walk here a good deal ? " " Seeking the bubble ...
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... leaves aim- lessly : " DEAR FRIEND : I realize , after a night's reflection , She slipped the book into the wide ... leaf fluttered over , slipping from her numb fingers , and another page lay open , headed with the same date - November ...
... leaves aim- lessly : " DEAR FRIEND : I realize , after a night's reflection , She slipped the book into the wide ... leaf fluttered over , slipping from her numb fingers , and another page lay open , headed with the same date - November ...
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Page 563 - MAY I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their presence : live In pulses stirred to generosity, In deeds of daring rectitude, in scorn For miserable aims that end with self. In thoughts sublime that pierce the night like stars, And with their mild persistence urge man's search To vaster issues.
Page 356 - The flush of life may well be seen Thrilling back over hills and valleys; The cowslip startles in meadows green, The buttercup catches the sun in its chalice, And there's never a leaf nor a blade too mean To be some happy creature's palace...
Page 553 - It not only serves as a shield to the Executive, but it furnishes an additional security against the enaction of improper laws. It establishes a salutary check upon the Legislative body, calculated to guard the community against the effects of faction, precipitancy, or of any impulse unfriendly to the public good, which may happen to influence a majority of that body.
Page 356 - Now is the high-tide of the year, And whatever of life hath ebbed away Comes flooding back with a ripply cheer Into every bare inlet and creek and bay...
Page 465 - Good night! good night! as we so oft have said Beneath this roof at midnight, in the days That are no more, and shall no more return. Thou hast but taken thy lamp and gone to bed ; I stay a little longer, as one stays To cover up the embers that still burn.
Page 46 - Monday's child is fair of face/ Tuesday's child is full of grace/ Wednesday's child is full of woe/ Thursday's child has far to go/ Friday's child is loving and giving/ Saturday's child works hard for a living/ But the child that is born on the Sabbath Day/ Is bonny, and blithe, and good, and gay.
Page 4 - AND NEURALGIA : REFRESHES THE NERVES TIRED BY WORRY, EXCITEMENT OR EXCESSIVE BRAIN FATIGUE ; STRENGTHENS A FAILING MEMORY, AND GIVES RENEWED VIGOR IN ALL DISEASES OF NERVOUS EXHAUSTION OR DEBILITY. IT IS THE ONLY PRKVKNTIVE OF CONSUMPTION.
Page 464 - Come to me, O ye children ! And whisper in my ear What the birds and the winds are singing In your sunny atmosphere. For what are all our contrivings, And the wisdom of our books, When compared with your caresses, And the gladness of your looks ? Ye are better than all the ballads That ever were sung or said ; For ye are living poems, And all the rest are dead.
Page 192 - It may be doubted whether there are many other animals which have played so important a part in the history of the world, as have these lowly organized creatures.
Page 79 - property," as used in this article and section, is hereby declared to include moneys, credits, bonds, stocks, dues, franchises, and all other matters and things, real, personal, and mixed, capable of private ownership...