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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... MOSQUITO . 53 ON MEDICINE 61 • HEROIC DEEDS OF OLD BOHEMIA 65 THE SHOWMAN 73 LAST JINKS ON SACRAMENTO STREET 77 ON DREAMS 81 • SCHILLER AND GOETHE AS BOHEMIANS 85 THE YEAR'S PROGRESS SOME REMARKS ON THE SECRET 89 RELA- CONTENTS .
... MOSQUITO . 53 ON MEDICINE 61 • HEROIC DEEDS OF OLD BOHEMIA 65 THE SHOWMAN 73 LAST JINKS ON SACRAMENTO STREET 77 ON DREAMS 81 • SCHILLER AND GOETHE AS BOHEMIANS 85 THE YEAR'S PROGRESS SOME REMARKS ON THE SECRET 89 RELA- CONTENTS .
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... Street mil- lionaires obtained admission by carefully concealing the real amount of their for- tunes . It is a well - established historical fact that the Spartan hero Leonidas , by George Bromley persistently mistaken for General ...
... Street mil- lionaires obtained admission by carefully concealing the real amount of their for- tunes . It is a well - established historical fact that the Spartan hero Leonidas , by George Bromley persistently mistaken for General ...
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... Street cut and a long series of earthquakes , which interfered greatly with the stability of the California coast line . It is not quite cer- tain whether it was Divine Providence or our Board of Supervisors that restored the stability ...
... Street cut and a long series of earthquakes , which interfered greatly with the stability of the California coast line . It is not quite cer- tain whether it was Divine Providence or our Board of Supervisors that restored the stability ...
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... Street being the only remainder of the gla- cial period ; but revolutionary tendencies crept into society because society had wit- nessed so many violent geological disturb- ances and was infected by the bad example set by Nature ...
... Street being the only remainder of the gla- cial period ; but revolutionary tendencies crept into society because society had wit- nessed so many violent geological disturb- ances and was infected by the bad example set by Nature ...
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... Streets . The grade has been so continuously changed that you cannot find an alpine height with- out oyster - shells , sardine - boxes , and other marine productions , which prove the local- ity to have been originally the bottom of the ...
... Streets . The grade has been so continuously changed that you cannot find an alpine height with- out oyster - shells , sardine - boxes , and other marine productions , which prove the local- ity to have been originally the bottom of the ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
Academy of Sciences æsthetics ancient animal antediluvian asafoetida bachelor beautiful bill body Bohemian brethren Bohemian brother Bohemian Club bold Jarl brass brother Caxton butterfly California called celebrated circumstance coast corkscrew Cucurbitaceae Daniel O'Connell dear discovered discovery Divine Providence drink existence experience fact fish frequently glass gracious Sire Greek green Hans Meyer hazel head heroes human race ical inscrutable wisdom insects instance Irish Julius Cæsar kiss lady larval lecture Legislature living look mastodon ment Meyer microbe Midsummer High Jinks mind Miss Allbustle mosquito mother-in-law natural selection never night Numa Pompilius oath object ocean organization oyster Paul Neumann prehistoric present Professor recollect rings of Saturn sacred San Francisco scientist species spiral spiritual Street suicide temperate Tien Tsin tion Tommy trees Truth vice virtue whole 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.