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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... ideas and from the popular opinion ; the distance being generally supposed to be some ten miles ; but I will stake my professional reputation on the accuracy of our work , and there can , of course , be no disputing the elucidations of ...
... ideas and from the popular opinion ; the distance being generally supposed to be some ten miles ; but I will stake my professional reputation on the accuracy of our work , and there can , of course , be no disputing the elucidations of ...
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... idea of the distance whatever . Turning from them in displeasure , I took from the " Go - it - ometer " the number of paces marked , and on working the distance , found it to be four miles and a - half . Upon close questioning the ...
... idea of the distance whatever . Turning from them in displeasure , I took from the " Go - it - ometer " the number of paces marked , and on working the distance , found it to be four miles and a - half . Upon close questioning the ...
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... idea , originated by Col. Benton , that buffaloes and other wild animals are the pioneer engineers , and that subsequent explorations can discover no better roads than those selected by them , would ap- .pear to apply admirably to the ...
... idea , originated by Col. Benton , that buffaloes and other wild animals are the pioneer engineers , and that subsequent explorations can discover no better roads than those selected by them , would ap- .pear to apply admirably to the ...
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... ideas of this inequality . We say " It is a fine day ; " " It is a very fine day ; " " It is the finest day we have seen ... idea of the nature of the day ; and the two superlative expressions are generally untrue . 99 or , once heard a ...
... ideas of this inequality . We say " It is a fine day ; " " It is a very fine day ; " " It is the finest day we have seen ... idea of the nature of the day ; and the two superlative expressions are generally untrue . 99 or , once heard a ...
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... idea of it , than he could have done by any ordinary mode of expression ; but his description was not sufficiently definite . " " " She is Again we say of a lady- " She is beautiful ; ' very beautiful , " or " She is perfectly beautiful ...
... idea of it , than he could have done by any ordinary mode of expression ; but his description was not sufficiently definite . " " " She is Again we say of a lady- " She is beautiful ; ' very beautiful , " or " She is perfectly beautiful ...
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