Phoenixiana: Or, Sketches and BurlesquesD. Appleton, 1856 - 274 páginas The first collection of sketches by the legendary California journalist and humorist George Horatio Derby (1823-1861), who came to California during the Gold Rush and quickly became a regular and popular contributor to the local newspapers. Derby wrote under several pseudonyms, including John Phoenix, John P. Squibob and Amos Butterfield, and his writings influenced both Twain and Harte, among humorists. |
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... cloth , fringed at the bottoms and permitting free ventilation be- hind - one shoe and one boot ; -occupation , erecting small pyramids of dirt and water ; when asked what they 22 22 OFFICIAL REPORT ON CENTRAL ROUTE . A NEW SYSTEM OF ...
... cloth , fringed at the bottoms and permitting free ventilation be- hind - one shoe and one boot ; -occupation , erecting small pyramids of dirt and water ; when asked what they 22 22 OFFICIAL REPORT ON CENTRAL ROUTE . A NEW SYSTEM OF ...
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... clothing driving the oxen ; a wife in but- ternut - colored clothing riding in the wagon , holding a butter- nut baby , and seventeen butternut children running promis- cuously 46 MUSICAL REVIEW EXTRAORDINARY .
... clothing driving the oxen ; a wife in but- ternut - colored clothing riding in the wagon , holding a butter- nut baby , and seventeen butternut children running promis- cuously 46 MUSICAL REVIEW EXTRAORDINARY .
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... clothing , and before the tar becomes perfectly cool , with a broad flat brush , apply a thin , smooth coating to the entire surface of the body and limbs . While the tar remains soft , the flea becomes entangled in its tenacious folds ...
... clothing , and before the tar becomes perfectly cool , with a broad flat brush , apply a thin , smooth coating to the entire surface of the body and limbs . While the tar remains soft , the flea becomes entangled in its tenacious folds ...
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... clothes - lines , with their burdens , were flapping in the morning breeze ; a man with a wheelbarrow was coming down the street ! -Every thing , in short , spoke of the life , activity , business , and bustle of a great city . But in ...
... clothes - lines , with their burdens , were flapping in the morning breeze ; a man with a wheelbarrow was coming down the street ! -Every thing , in short , spoke of the life , activity , business , and bustle of a great city . But in ...
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... clothing in the wilderness , we can get Mr. Crawford to get that branch of the service to pick it up . Tired at last ... clothes poles had been erected , and noticed a hand cart at the corner of a street , that I had never seen before ...
... clothing in the wilderness , we can get Mr. Crawford to get that branch of the service to pick it up . Tired at last ... clothes poles had been erected , and noticed a hand cart at the corner of a street , that I had never seen before ...
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