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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... organizations follow a parallel course . The object of both is charity . Not that charity which sends ice - cream to the Greenlanders and skates to the people on the sources of old Nile ; no , true charity begins at home . And where are ...
... organizations follow a parallel course . The object of both is charity . Not that charity which sends ice - cream to the Greenlanders and skates to the people on the sources of old Nile ; no , true charity begins at home . And where are ...
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... organizations , the Bohe- mian as well as the Pfeifen Club , struck the same idea of international charity . Both found the solution of the social question in an alcoholic solution . The solution tendered to me by your Worship smells ...
... organizations , the Bohe- mian as well as the Pfeifen Club , struck the same idea of international charity . Both found the solution of the social question in an alcoholic solution . The solution tendered to me by your Worship smells ...
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... organization , I began imme- diately my investigations by borrowing books from all libraries that had not yet had any sad experiences in my direction . The message of our most gracious Sire met me at 5 P. M. , at the exact moment when ...
... organization , I began imme- diately my investigations by borrowing books from all libraries that had not yet had any sad experiences in my direction . The message of our most gracious Sire met me at 5 P. M. , at the exact moment when ...
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... organization . To be better understood , when I have to dive into the dark mysteries of post - tertiary times and previous geological periods , I am to repeat here the statements of Tommy and his friend Colonel Cremony , both of them ...
... organization . To be better understood , when I have to dive into the dark mysteries of post - tertiary times and previous geological periods , I am to repeat here the statements of Tommy and his friend Colonel Cremony , both of them ...
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... organization . Less known it is that the greatest physician of antiquity - Hippoc- rates - belonged to it . The order always had a great power of attraction for medical men . It was during the last years of the reign of Philip of ...
... organization . Less known it is that the greatest physician of antiquity - Hippoc- rates - belonged to it . The order always had a great power of attraction for medical men . It was during the last years of the reign of Philip of ...
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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.