The Underground World: A Mirror of Life Below the Surface, with Vivid Descriptions of the Hidden Works of Nature and Art, Comprising Incidents and Adventures Beyond the Light of DayAustralian Publishing Company, 1879 - 1016 halaman |
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... whole day without going through all of them ? " His face assumed the most puzzled expression I ever saw on a human being , and he was speechless for a full minute . When he regained his voice , he said , - " You might tell me of such a ...
... whole day without going through all of them ? " His face assumed the most puzzled expression I ever saw on a human being , and he was speechless for a full minute . When he regained his voice , he said , - " You might tell me of such a ...
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... whole of Pennsylvania , and to one who knows it intimately it reveals daily more shafts and tunnels than can be found in Nevada or Colorado . The career of a politician is not unlike that of the miner , though it is frequently much more ...
... whole of Pennsylvania , and to one who knows it intimately it reveals daily more shafts and tunnels than can be found in Nevada or Colorado . The career of a politician is not unlike that of the miner , though it is frequently much more ...
Halaman 81
... whole body sore from contact with the jagged pieces of coal and rock . His eyes were at first daz- zled by the light , he had been in darkness so long , and trying to see , and he was speechless with joy for some seconds to find relief ...
... whole body sore from contact with the jagged pieces of coal and rock . His eyes were at first daz- zled by the light , he had been in darkness so long , and trying to see , and he was speechless with joy for some seconds to find relief ...
Halaman 93
... whole mass forms an amalgam . The whole process occupies from four to six weeks . The amalgam is then separated from the mass of ore by a system of washing similar to that practised in collecting gold . The mercury is then separated ...
... whole mass forms an amalgam . The whole process occupies from four to six weeks . The amalgam is then separated from the mass of ore by a system of washing similar to that practised in collecting gold . The mercury is then separated ...
Halaman 100
... whole country around was visited by prospecters , who laid out claim after claim , staking out the whole region , and the most extrav- agant stories were told concerning its wealth . The mining recorder had a busy time of it , and took ...
... whole country around was visited by prospecters , who laid out claim after claim , staking out the whole region , and the most extrav- agant stories were told concerning its wealth . The mining recorder had a busy time of it , and took ...
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Halaman 758 - Dead, long dead, Long dead! And my heart is a handful of dust, And the wheels go over my head, And my bones are shaken with pain, For into a shallow grave they are thrust, Only a yard beneath the street...
Halaman 947 - You, as foreman of this grand jury, shall diligently inquire and true presentment make, of all such matters and things as shall be given you in charge ; the counsel of the people of this state, your fellows...
Halaman 758 - XI 0 me, why have they not buried me deep enough ? Is it kind to have made me a grave so rough, Me, that was never a quiet sleeper ? Maybe still I am but half-dead; Then...
Halaman 773 - The whole country, from San Francisco to Los Angeles and from the seashore to the base of the Sierra Nevada, resounds with the sordid cry of 'gold! GOLD!! GOLD!!!
Halaman 521 - However, little by little, whether that some distant airholes sent a little floating light into this opaque mist, or that his eyes became accustomed to the obscurity, some dim vision came back to him, and he again began to receive a confused perception, now of the wall which he was touching, and now of the arch under which he was passing. The pupil dilates in the night, and at last finds day in it, even as the soul dilates in misfortune, and, at last, finds God in it.
Halaman 947 - ... but you shall present all things truly as they come to your knowledge, according to the best of your understanding. So help you God...
Halaman 527 - Behold him waist deep in the sand. The sand reaches his breast ; he is now only a bust. He raises his arms, utters furious groans, clutches the beach with his nails, would hold by that straw, leans upon his elbows to pull himself out of this soft sheath; sobs frenziedly; the sand rises; the sand reaches his shoulders; the sand reaches his neck; the face alone is visible now. The mouth cries, the sand fills it — silence. The eyes still gaze, the sand shuts them — night.
Halaman 121 - Necos, who succeeded him upon the throne. This prince was the first to attempt the construction of the canal to the Red Sea, a work completed afterwards by Darius the Persian, the length of which is four days' journey, and the width such as to admit of two triremes being rowed along it abreast.
Halaman 865 - Gate, which being a narrow passage, there runneth a violent stream both upon flood and ebb, and in the middle lieth some Islands of Rocks, which the current sets so violently upon that it threatens present shipwreck ; and upon the flood is a large Whirlpool, which continually sends forth" a hideous roaring, enough to affright any stranger from passing any further...
Halaman 773 - The whole country from San Francisco to Los Angeles, and from the seashore to the base of the Sierra Nevada, resounds to the sordid cry of gold ! GOLD ! ! GOLD...