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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... important and serious matter . Modern history of the Bohemian Club is comparatively well known . The cele- brated historians , Tommy Newcomb and Colonel Cremony , the Baron Münchhausen of the western hemisphere ARCHEOLOGY . ARCHEOLOGY •
... important and serious matter . Modern history of the Bohemian Club is comparatively well known . The cele- brated historians , Tommy Newcomb and Colonel Cremony , the Baron Münchhausen of the western hemisphere ARCHEOLOGY . ARCHEOLOGY •
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... important discoveries were kept secret , and , as a nat- ural consequence of such egotism , the pro- gress of the human race was retarded . Champollion , the celebrated scholar of Egyptian antiquity , has established be- yond any doubt ...
... important discoveries were kept secret , and , as a nat- ural consequence of such egotism , the pro- gress of the human race was retarded . Champollion , the celebrated scholar of Egyptian antiquity , has established be- yond any doubt ...
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... important worldly matters , took your kind letter in his hands and , after having turned it from side to side , addressed me with the follow- ing words : " My young friend , this is a Chinese letter , and as Chinese is not written in ...
... important worldly matters , took your kind letter in his hands and , after having turned it from side to side , addressed me with the follow- ing words : " My young friend , this is a Chinese letter , and as Chinese is not written in ...
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Hans Herman Behr. 79 to save his valuable life . You will recall that important discussion and will feel proud of this victory , which Tommy New- comb would call a victory of mind over matter . 14 ON DREAMS . NIGHT - DREAMS are private ...
Hans Herman Behr. 79 to save his valuable life . You will recall that important discussion and will feel proud of this victory , which Tommy New- comb would call a victory of mind over matter . 14 ON DREAMS . NIGHT - DREAMS are private ...
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... important axiom that in a free country no citizen must be tyrannized by his own principles . In as- tronomy I have ... importance of this fact cannot be overrated , for it is more than probable that all other rings will follow the ...
... important axiom that in a free country no citizen must be tyrannized by his own principles . In as- tronomy I have ... importance of this fact cannot be overrated , for it is more than probable that all other rings will follow 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.