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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Hans Herman Behr. THE MICROSCOPE IN THE NAME OF THE PROPHET THE CHRISTMAS - 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 ADDRESS IN RESPONSE ...
Hans Herman Behr. THE MICROSCOPE IN THE NAME OF THE PROPHET THE CHRISTMAS - 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 ADDRESS IN RESPONSE ...
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... trees on the roadsides . These trees will be exhibited to all passers - by for a nominal entrance fee as soon as the last of our forest trees has be- come extinct . The insect world has shown through all the later years a perceptible ...
... trees on the roadsides . These trees will be exhibited to all passers - by for a nominal entrance fee as soon as the last of our forest trees has be- come extinct . The insect world has shown through all the later years a perceptible ...
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... tree . We gained by this maneuver the most decided victory , because the horses of the enemy got frightened and ran away with the valorous warriors of the home guard , with the exception of a few bold men whose horses refused to run and ...
... tree . We gained by this maneuver the most decided victory , because the horses of the enemy got frightened and ran away with the valorous warriors of the home guard , with the exception of a few bold men whose horses refused to run and ...
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... follow- ing classes : Trees , shrubs , vegetables , chicken - salad , mushrooms , coffee , wines extra . All plants not belonging to one or the other of these great classes he lumped together and called " weeds , " and did not. BOTANY III.
... follow- ing classes : Trees , shrubs , vegetables , chicken - salad , mushrooms , coffee , wines extra . All plants not belonging to one or the other of these great classes he lumped together and called " weeds , " and did not. BOTANY III.
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... 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 des- tined for the dinner of the distinguished guest ; and when the Captain was asked in ...
... 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 des- tined for the dinner of the distinguished guest ; and when the Captain was asked in ...
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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
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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.