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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... TREE YULE IDEAL BOHEMIA ON EVOLUTION ON GERMS • • ADDRESS TO THE MAYOR ON FISHES ON BUTTERFLIES · · 185 191 . 195 199 • · 205 211 • 215 219 221 225 INTRODUCTION AT THE BOHEMIAN CLUB . WORSHIPFUL SIRE : I CONTENTS . 7.
... TREE YULE IDEAL BOHEMIA ON EVOLUTION ON GERMS • • ADDRESS TO THE MAYOR ON FISHES ON BUTTERFLIES · · 185 191 . 195 199 • · 205 211 • 215 219 221 225 INTRODUCTION AT THE BOHEMIAN CLUB . WORSHIPFUL SIRE : I CONTENTS . 7.
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... Fish Commissioners . Our Bohemian brother Caxton , whose watchful eye had espied the danger in time , offered from his own pocket an amount of millions that would have astonished even a Californian , as well as a corner drug - store ...
... Fish Commissioners . Our Bohemian brother Caxton , whose watchful eye had espied the danger in time , offered from his own pocket an amount of millions that would have astonished even a Californian , as well as a corner drug - store ...
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... man who has filled the presidential chair of this important organization will find it an easy task to rule an insignificant city like San Francisco . My remarks on FISHES will be dis- tributed under three 220 THE HOOT OF THE OWL .
... man who has filled the presidential chair of this important organization will find it an easy task to rule an insignificant city like San Francisco . My remarks on FISHES will be dis- tributed under three 220 THE HOOT OF THE OWL .
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Hans Herman Behr. My remarks on FISHES will be dis- tributed under three heads : Ist . The definition : What is a FISH ? 2d . Classification of FISHES . 3d . Spiritual advice . According to the generally adopted defi- nition , a fish is ...
Hans Herman Behr. My remarks on FISHES will be dis- tributed under three heads : Ist . The definition : What is a FISH ? 2d . Classification of FISHES . 3d . Spiritual advice . According to the generally adopted defi- nition , a fish is ...
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Hans Herman Behr. The fish is essentially without hair . Fish's hair - oil has been tried at different times by several members of our Academy of Sciences on their own heads , without pro- ducing anything like the desired effect . The fish ...
Hans Herman Behr. The fish is essentially without hair . Fish's hair - oil has been tried at different times by several members of our Academy of Sciences on their own heads , without pro- ducing anything like the desired effect . The fish ...
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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.