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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... hero Leonidas , by George Bromley persistently mistaken for General Barnes , was a prominent member of the organization . Less known it is that the greatest physician of antiquity - Hippoc- rates - belonged to it . The order always had ...
... hero Leonidas , by George Bromley persistently mistaken for General Barnes , was a prominent member of the organization . Less known it is that the greatest physician of antiquity - Hippoc- rates - belonged to it . The order always had ...
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Hans Herman Behr. I recollect a body of heroes wearing rain- bows instead of regimentals and having painted on their knapsacks the head of a tiger in an attitude as if his teeth were in- spected by a dentist . By the first notes of their ...
Hans Herman Behr. I recollect a body of heroes wearing rain- bows instead of regimentals and having painted on their knapsacks the head of a tiger in an attitude as if his teeth were in- spected by a dentist . By the first notes of their ...
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... Italian organgrinder , and attains its maxi- mum with the brass band that leads the bold militia warrior to glory and the destruction of sandwiches and whisky . I recollect a body of heroes wearing rain- bows instead MUSIC . MUSIC.
... Italian organgrinder , and attains its maxi- mum with the brass band that leads the bold militia warrior to glory and the destruction of sandwiches and whisky . I recollect a body of heroes wearing rain- bows instead MUSIC . MUSIC.
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Hans Herman Behr. I recollect a body of heroes wearing rain- bows instead of regimentals and having painted on their knapsacks the head of a tiger in an attitude as if his teeth were in- spected by a dentist . By the first notes of their ...
Hans Herman Behr. I recollect a body of heroes wearing rain- bows instead of regimentals and having painted on their knapsacks the head of a tiger in an attitude as if his teeth were in- spected by a dentist . By the first notes of their ...
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... hero grew restless . He wanted to travel far away from his home into distant climes where there were no mothers - in - law . He wanted to emigrate and settle in the East Indies , where a wise law ordered widows to be burned , and deci ...
... hero grew restless . He wanted to travel far away from his home into distant climes where there were no mothers - in - law . He wanted to emigrate and settle in the East Indies , where a wise law ordered widows to be burned , and deci ...
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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.