The Hoot of the OwlA. M. Robertson, 1904 - 227 páginas A collection of short humorous essays and addresses. Some concern, or were delivered as talks to, the Bohemian Club of San Francisco. |
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Hans Herman Behr. covered all northern Europe , there , on a beautiful site , embellished by a meridian cutting the coast line of the Baltic , lived a pious knight named Hans Meyer . Like all the knights of the period , Hans Meyer was in ...
Hans Herman Behr. covered all northern Europe , there , on a beautiful site , embellished by a meridian cutting the coast line of the Baltic , lived a pious knight named Hans Meyer . Like all the knights of the period , Hans Meyer was in ...
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Hans Herman Behr. signatures of wealthy fellow - citizens . But as this style of calligraphics was not consid- ered ... Meyer . Hans Meyer found the first of the Mohicans bus- ily employed smoking his calumet filled with Amigos primera ...
Hans Herman Behr. signatures of wealthy fellow - citizens . But as this style of calligraphics was not consid- ered ... Meyer . Hans Meyer found the first of the Mohicans bus- ily employed smoking his calumet filled with Amigos primera ...
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Hans Herman Behr. " Hans Meyer , " said the first of the Mo- hicans , " glad to make your acquaintance . You see , this government is a philanthropic experiment . We want to make everybody fit to fill every office , and for that reason ...
Hans Herman Behr. " Hans Meyer , " said the first of the Mo- hicans , " glad to make your acquaintance . You see , this government is a philanthropic experiment . We want to make everybody fit to fill every office , and for that reason ...
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... Hans Meyer grew pale , went to the next blacksmith and ordered a dress coat , borrowed from a tinman a stove- pipe and a pair of gloves , took a drink , and had a building erected on the same thought- ful style of architecture that he ...
... Hans Meyer grew pale , went to the next blacksmith and ordered a dress coat , borrowed from a tinman a stove- pipe and a pair of gloves , took a drink , and had a building erected on the same thought- ful style of architecture that he ...
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Hans Herman Behr. tible and at the same time expensive sub- stance . Modern science has provided our Superintendents ... Meyer . It is a most melancholy fact that the great man after having discovered glass made a too free use of glasses ...
Hans Herman Behr. tible and at the same time expensive sub- stance . Modern science has provided our Superintendents ... Meyer . It is a most melancholy fact that the great man after having discovered glass made a too free use of glasses ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
Academy of Sciences æsthetics alcohol ancient animal bachelor beautiful belongs bill birch body Bohemian brethren Bohemian brother Bohemian brother Caxton Bohemian Club brass butterfly Calamus Rotang California called celebrated circumstance coast corkscrew Cucurbitaceae Daniel O'Connell demonstrations a posteriori discovered discovery drinks elor enlightened existence fact female flowers frequently gracious Sire Greek gyascutus Hans Meyer Haruspices hazel heroes hoc signo vinces human ical inscrutable wisdom insects Irish Jarl Julius Cæsar lady lecture Legislature living look mastodon ment meridian microbe Midsummer High Jinks mind modern moon moral phil mosquito never night oath object ocean organization Paul Neumann plants prehistoric present Professor propagated race rattan recollect rings of Saturn sacred scientist Sir Godfrey species spiral spiritual staminate Street suicide temperate Tien Tsin tion traces of Bohemian transmutation trees Truth vice virtue wisdom of Divine words
Passagens conhecidas
Página 11 - A wise old owl lived in an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke the more he heard. Why can't we all be like that wise old bird?
Página 121 - Captain's honor the neighboring trees were decorated with girls bound fast and awaiting the moment when they should be served at the royal table. One of the most toothsome was destined for the dinner of the distinguished guest; and when the Captain was asked in what style he would have his girl served up, he astonished his cannibal friends with the words: "Your Majesty, I'll take mine raw.
Página 14 - My aunt was an elderly lady, not exactly prepossessing in her exterior, but shockingly virtuous and as unmarried as possible. Her favorite beverage was tea of valerian with a stick in it of sulphuric ether. She wore green spectacles, always felt miserable and respectable, and between asafoetida and valerian led a most unhappy life.
Página 14 - ... and talked virtue and gossip. It took considerable time before I could separate the idea of virtue from that of green...
Página 14 - She wore green spectacles, always felt miserable and respectable, and between asafoetida and valerian led a most unhappy life. Her only occupation was virtue. In her leisure hours she made a most interesting collection of medicine-bottles and pill-boxes, of all shapes and sizes.