A Summer in a Cañon: A California StoryHoughton, Mifflin, 1889 - 272 páginas Story of a family at a summer camp near Los Angeles. |
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... seems instinct with life , with its flying tendrils of bronze brightness and the riotous little curls on her brow and temples . Then , too , she has a particularly jaunty way of putting on her jacket , or wearing a flower or a ribbon ...
... seems instinct with life , with its flying tendrils of bronze brightness and the riotous little curls on her brow and temples . Then , too , she has a particularly jaunty way of putting on her jacket , or wearing a flower or a ribbon ...
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... seem entirely natural ? " asked Polly , with great gravity . " Now hear my report as chairman of the com- mittee of arrangements , " said Geoffrey Strong , seating himself with dignity on a barrel of nails . " The tents , ropes , tool ...
... seem entirely natural ? " asked Polly , with great gravity . " Now hear my report as chairman of the com- mittee of arrangements , " said Geoffrey Strong , seating himself with dignity on a barrel of nails . " The tents , ropes , tool ...
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... seems to be an instinct . " ૬૮ " But how beautifully they ride , too ! " said Polly . " Mamma and I were sitting on the hotel piazza the other day , watching two young Spaniards who were performing feats of horse- manship . They ...
... seems to be an instinct . " ૬૮ " But how beautifully they ride , too ! " said Polly . " Mamma and I were sitting on the hotel piazza the other day , watching two young Spaniards who were performing feats of horse- manship . They ...
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... Seems to me it would have been economy to sell it and buy a new one . " " Oh , Polly ! you are so willfully stupid ! The kettle is n't the point -but the lan- guages . Besides , she didn't learn all the ninety - six while the kettle was ...
... Seems to me it would have been economy to sell it and buy a new one . " " Oh , Polly ! you are so willfully stupid ! The kettle is n't the point -but the lan- guages . Besides , she didn't learn all the ninety - six while the kettle was ...
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... seem ungrateful to mourn those left behind in the dear New England woods ; and as for flowers , there are no yellow and purple violets , fragile anemones , or blushing Mayflowers , but in March the hillsides are covered with red , in ...
... seem ungrateful to mourn those left behind in the dear New England woods ; and as for flowers , there are no yellow and purple violets , fragile anemones , or blushing Mayflowers , but in March the hillsides are covered with red , in ...
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asked Bell aunt Truth Azabache baking powder beautiful Bell's better blow the horn blue boys brand brush California called CAMP CHAPARRAL camp-fire cañon cattle cheeks course cried Bell darling dear Dicky Dicky's dinner dress Elsie Elsie's exclaimed eyes feel Geoff gery girls glad good-by hair hammock hand head heart horse Howard ichthyosaurus Jack Jack Howard John Howard Juan keep knew lariat laughed Bell Laura look Lubin mamma manzanita Margery miles minute Mirror Pool morning mother muchachita never night Noble nonsense verse o'clock Pancho Papa Paul perhaps Phil Philip play Polly Oliver Polly's pretty ranch ride rodeo Rosalind round saddle Santa Barbara Scott Burton seemed Señor sighed singul sleep stay story tarantula tell tent thing thought told trees uncle Doc Valerio vaqueros venison walk whispered Bell Winship words young
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Página 93 - Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep ; If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take ; And this I ask for Jesus
Página 268 - The thirsty earth soaks up the rain, And drinks, and gapes for drink again, The plants suck in the earth, and are With constant drinking fresh and fair. The sea itself, which one would think Should have but little need of drink, Drinks ten thousand rivers up, So fill'd that they oerflow the cup. The busy sun (and one would guess...
Página 195 - TAFFY was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief; Taffy came to my house and stole a piece of beef: I went to Taffy's house, Taffy was not at home ; Taffy came to my house and stole a marrowbone.
Página 240 - Know that on the right hand of the Indies there is an island called California, very close to the side of the Terrestrial Paradise; and it was peopled by black women, without any man among them, for they lived in the fashion of Amazons.
Página 145 - Alas, regardless of their doom, The little victims play ! No sense have they of ills to come, Nor care beyond to-day. Yet see how all around...
Página 196 - WHEN I was a bachelor I lived by myself; And all the bread and cheese I got I put upon the shelf. The rats and the mice They made such a strife, I was forced to go to London To buy me a wife.
Página 196 - I had a little nut tree Nothing would it bear But a silver nutmeg And a golden pear; The king of Spain's daughter Came to visit me, And all for the sake Of my little nut tree.
Página 45 - Why, Mary loves the lamb, you know, The teacher did reply.
Página 241 - Paradise, and it was peopled by black women, without any man among them, for they lived in the fashion of Amazons. They were of strong and hardy bodies, of ardent courage and great force. Their island was the strongest in all the world, with its steep cliffs and rocky shores. Their arms were all of gold, and so was the harness of the wild beasts which they tamed and rode. For, in the whole island, there was no metal but gold. They lived in caves wrought out of the rock with much labor. They had many...
Página 32 - Away, away, from men and towns, To the wild wood and the downs To the silent wilderness Where the soul need not repress Its music lest it should not find An echo in another's mind, While the touch of Nature's art Harmonizes heart to heart.