 | Bret Harte - American poetry - 1882 - 362 pages
...now, really that's the oddest Talk for one so very modest. You brag of your East ! You do ? Why, 1 bring the East to you / All the Orient, all Cathay,...ain't longitude." Said the Union, " Don't reflect, or 111 run over some Director." Said the Central, " I'm Pacific ; But, when riled, I'm quite terrific.... | |
 | Bret Harte - Poetry - 1882 - 370 pages
...oddest Talk for one so very modest. You brag of your East ! You do ? Why, / bring the East to you I All the Orient, all Cathay, Find through me the shortest...in my hemisphere. Really, — if one must be rude, — Lenglh, my friend, ain't longitude." Said the Union, " Don't reflect, or I'll run over some Director."... | |
 | Bret Harte - 1882 - 584 pages
...Come now, really that's the oddest Talk for one so very modest. You brag of your East! You do ? Why, / bring the East to you ! All the Orient, all Cathay,...And the sun you follow here Rises in my hemisphere. Really,—if one must be rude,— Length, my friend, ain't longitude." Said the Union, " Don't reflect,... | |
 | Bret Harte - 1892 - 332 pages
...a long low whistle blew. " Come now, really that's the oddest Talk for one so very modest You brag of your East ! You do ? Why, I bring the East to you I All the Orient, all Cathay, Find through me the shortest way : And the sun you follow here Rises... | |
 | Bret Harte - American literature - 1896 - 500 pages
...now, really that 's the oddest Talk for one so very modest. You brag of your East ! You do ? Why, / bring the East to you ! All the Orient, all Cathay,...ain't longitude." Said the Union : " Don't reflect, or I 'll run over some Director." Said the Central : " I 'm Pacific ; But, when riled, I 'm quite terrific.... | |
 | Bret Harte - 1902 - 356 pages
...long, low whistle blew. " Come, now, really that 's the oddest Talk for one so very modest. You brag of your East ! You do ? Why, I bring the East to you...ain't longitude." Said the Union : " Don't reflect, or I '11 run over some Director." Said the Central : "I'm Pacific ; But, when riled, I 'm quite terrific.... | |
 | Bret Harte - 1902 - 382 pages
...oddest Talk for one so very modest. You brag of your East ! You do ? Why, / bring the East to you I All the Orient, all Cathay, Find through me the shortest...ain't longitude." Said the Union : " Don't reflect, or I 'll run over some Director." Said the Central : " I 'm Pacific ; But, when riled, I 'm quite terrific.... | |
 | Leigh Hadley Irvine - California - 1905 - 774 pages
...to head. Facing on the single track, Half a world behind each back," makes the Western engine say : "I bring the east to you: All the Orient, all Cathay,...the sun you follow here, Rises in my hemisphere." The Far East, and not way traffic, the development of the vast territory to be traveled was not in... | |
 | William Francis Bailey - 1906 - 186 pages
..."phew!" And a long whistle blew, "Come now, really that's the oddest Talk for one so modest. You brag of your East, you do, Why, I bring the East to you. All the Orient, all Cathay Find me through the shortest way And the sun you follow here Rises In my hemisphere. Really if one must... | |
 | Frederic Logan Paxson - Frontier and pioneer life - 1910 - 436 pages
...part of it. His western engine retorted to the eastern: — "' You brag of the East! You do ? Why, / bring the East to you ! All the Orient, all Cathay,...be rude, — Length, my friend, ain't longitude.'" The oriental trade of Whitney and Benton yet dazzled the eyes of the men who built the road, blinding... | |
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Phew ! " And a long, low whistle blew. " Come, now, really that 's the oddest Talk for one so very modest. You brag of your East ! You do ? Why, I bring the East to you ! All the Orient, all Cathay, Find through me the shortest way ; And the sun you... 
