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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... kind enough not to know the difference . The paper is on the progress that has been made last year in the sciences . The progress of unprofitable science and useless investigation has been unusually rapid , so that it is impossible to ...
... kind enough not to know the difference . The paper is on the progress that has been made last year in the sciences . The progress of unprofitable science and useless investigation has been unusually rapid , so that it is impossible to ...
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... kind produce water ; of course , not of a superior quality , but good enough for irrigation . Vegetation in its perverted taste and fanati- cal rejection of fermented liquors does not deserve any better fluid ; and so , my dear brethren ...
... kind produce water ; of course , not of a superior quality , but good enough for irrigation . Vegetation in its perverted taste and fanati- cal rejection of fermented liquors does not deserve any better fluid ; and so , my dear brethren ...
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... kind of whisky . " One of the most striking failures in cre- ation is man , who is nearly as mean as a deadly enemy of my race , the crow , who persists in persecuting me whenever I ap- pear in daylight , and flies at me and calls me ...
... kind of whisky . " One of the most striking failures in cre- ation is man , who is nearly as mean as a deadly enemy of my race , the crow , who persists in persecuting me whenever I ap- pear in daylight , and flies at me and calls me ...
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... kind for food , but there ends the working of that principle . Is it natural that on the top of the dentist you always find a photographer , above the undertaker a dancing - school ? Or , explain why all your friends are more or less ...
... kind for food , but there ends the working of that principle . Is it natural that on the top of the dentist you always find a photographer , above the undertaker a dancing - school ? Or , explain why all your friends are more or less ...
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... 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 lines , but in columns , you ought to ...
... 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 lines , but in columns , you ought to ...
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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.