The Overland MonthlySamuel Carson, 1914 |
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... horses is energized by an unobtrusive little dynamo , which is technically known as an " exciter . " This exciter by its electric im- pulse through all the coils of the generator brings the whole mech- anism into life and activity . A ...
... horses is energized by an unobtrusive little dynamo , which is technically known as an " exciter . " This exciter by its electric im- pulse through all the coils of the generator brings the whole mech- anism into life and activity . A ...
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... horse . Without warning , he broke from the train and came tearing down the moun- tainside , his raucous bellows booming out on the still air like a foghorn . There was no time to head him , so one of the plucky Chilenos did the next ...
... horse . Without warning , he broke from the train and came tearing down the moun- tainside , his raucous bellows booming out on the still air like a foghorn . There was no time to head him , so one of the plucky Chilenos did the next ...
Pagina 8
... horse feels itself going on a slippery trail , it sets back on its haunches and slides . A steer will do the same thing if it has time to think about it , but if rattled , it invariably caves in its forelegs as if it was going to lie ...
... horse feels itself going on a slippery trail , it sets back on its haunches and slides . A steer will do the same thing if it has time to think about it , but if rattled , it invariably caves in its forelegs as if it was going to lie ...
Pagina 15
... horse which , only two days before , had lodged on the trail after rolling nearly half a mile . The animal was one of a bunch of blooded mares which had been bought in Argentina for shipment to Peru . The summer coach road was in con ...
... horse which , only two days before , had lodged on the trail after rolling nearly half a mile . The animal was one of a bunch of blooded mares which had been bought in Argentina for shipment to Peru . The summer coach road was in con ...
Pagina 17
... horses only wear breast straps and bridles . A rein from the driver leads to the outside rings of their bits , the inside ones being connected by a short strap with the bridle of the next horse . Thus the driver holds four reins , as ...
... horses only wear breast straps and bridles . A rein from the driver leads to the outside rings of their bits , the inside ones being connected by a short strap with the bridle of the next horse . Thus the driver holds four reins , as ...
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Pagina 94 - Repent ye therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord, and *he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you ; whom the heaven must receive, until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.
Pagina 296 - And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, loosing thence, they sailed close by Crete. 14 But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called Euroclydon.
Pagina 236 - Thus spake the seraph; and forthwith appeared a shining throng of angels praising God...
Pagina 39 - A Book of Verses underneath the Bough, A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread — and Thou Beside me singing in the Wilderness — Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow!
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Pagina 306 - Satan, with all power and signs and lying wonders, and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish, because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved; and for this cause God shall send them strong delusions, that they should believe a lie, that they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
Pagina 283 - Oh, every heart hath its sorrow, And every heart hath its pain ; But a day is always coming When the birds go North again.
Pagina 130 - The country abounds in level and beautiful valleys, all tilled and sown, without any part lying unimproved. In its constitution of government that has existed until the present time, it resembles the states of Venice, Genoa, and Pisa; since the supreme authority is not reposed in one person. There are many nobles, all of whom reside in the city; the common people are laborers, and the vassals of the nobility, but each one possesses land of his own, some more than others. In war all unite and have...
Pagina 443 - The whole country appeared one great mass of buffalo, moving slowly to the northward; and it was only when actually among them that it could be ascertained that the apparently solid mass was an agglomeration of innumerable small herds of from fifty to two hundred animals, separated from the surrounding herds by greater or less space, but still separated. The herds in the valley sullenly got out of my way, and turning, stared stupidly at me, sometimes at only a few yards
Pagina 14 - outsheep ' sheep when once started, and when some of the party began making up as per the railway folder that morning, the rest fell in and floundered after. The esprit of the party was as bad as its appearance. They had been assured that the worst of the journey was down the Chilean side of the pass, and as a consequence were getting small comfort from the fact that the going, so far, had been comparatively easy. The blood on the trail from the passage of the cattle had also been working upon their...