The Lamp: A Review and Record of Current Literature, Volume 29Charles Scribner's Sons, 1904 |
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... called Pine Flat in the foot - hills of Napa County on the road to the Geysers ; but falling into the hands of Kelmar , a Jew , who had at one time kept a store in the little mining town of Silverado , they were led to the heights . of ...
... called Pine Flat in the foot - hills of Napa County on the road to the Geysers ; but falling into the hands of Kelmar , a Jew , who had at one time kept a store in the little mining town of Silverado , they were led to the heights . of ...
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... called it , " A Suggestion for a Magazine Ar- ticle : " " Here is a good idea for a magazine paper ; let somebody ' work it up : ' A flippant pretender to universal acquire- ment — a would - be Crichton - engrosses , for an hour or two ...
... called it , " A Suggestion for a Magazine Ar- ticle : " " Here is a good idea for a magazine paper ; let somebody ' work it up : ' A flippant pretender to universal acquire- ment — a would - be Crichton - engrosses , for an hour or two ...
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... called ' Literature and Life , ' and to which he gave an accurate sub - title when he char- acterized them as ' Studies , ' there is one article containing the plot for a story . The paper is called ' Worries of a Winter Walk ' and it ...
... called ' Literature and Life , ' and to which he gave an accurate sub - title when he char- acterized them as ' Studies , ' there is one article containing the plot for a story . The paper is called ' Worries of a Winter Walk ' and it ...
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... called ' At the End of his Tether , ' and to describe how a collector of morbid taste brought together bits of the ropes with which notorious criminals had been hanged , only at the last to splice these together that he might hang ...
... called ' At the End of his Tether , ' and to describe how a collector of morbid taste brought together bits of the ropes with which notorious criminals had been hanged , only at the last to splice these together that he might hang ...
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... called theological music , should be held in such poor esteem by Germans themselves . Individuals are frequently unable to appraise themselves at the value of what they really do best , and in the same way nations often fail to ...
... called theological music , should be held in such poor esteem by Germans themselves . Individuals are frequently unable to appraise themselves at the value of what they really do best , and in the same way nations often fail to ...
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Página 414 - Take heed of an unactive vain spirit ! Recreate yourself with Sir Walter Raleigh's History : it's a Body of History ; and will add much more to your understanding than fragments of Story.
Página 22 - An old looking-glass. Somebody finds out the secret of making all the images that have been reflected in it pass back again across its surface.
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Página 253 - OLD CLOCKS AND WATCHES AND THEIR MAKERS. Being an Historical and Descriptive Account of the different Styles of Clocks and Watches of the Past in England and Abroad, to which is added a List of 10,000 Makers.
Página 21 - A person to be writing a tale, and to find that it shapes itself against his intentions ; that the characters act otherwise than he thought ; that unforeseen events occur ; and a catastrophe comes which he strives in vain to avert.
Página 504 - ... dealing with the Ohio River in the Revolution, the rise of the cities of Pittsburg, Cincinnati, and Louisville, the fighting Virginians, the old-time methods of navigation, etc. "A wonderfully comprehensive and entirely fascinating book.