Taking a good mouthful, I felt as though I had taken liquid fire; the tomato was chile colorado, or red pepper, of the purest kind.... It nearly killed me, and I saw Gómez' eyes twinkle for he saw that his share of supper was increased.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
At night thousands of names and slogans are outlined in neon, and searchlight beams often pierce the sky, perhaps announcing a mot...ion picture premiere, perhaps the opening of a new hamburger stand.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Always polite, fastidiously dressed in a linen duster and mask, he used to leave behind facetious rhymes signed "Black Bart, Po--8...," in mail and express boxes after he had finished rifling them.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The blacksmith dropped his hammer, the carpenter his plane, the mason his trowel, the farmer his sickle, the baker his loaf, and t...he tapster his bottle. All were off for the mines, some on horses, some on carts, and some on crutches, and one went in a litter.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Know that, on the right hand of the Indies, there is an island called California, very near to the Terrestrial Paradise, which was... peopled with black women.... Their arms were all of gold.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
In time the scouring of wind and rain will wear down the ranges and plane off the region until it has the drab monotony of the old...er deserts. In the meantime--a two-million-year meantime--travelers may enjoy the cruel beauties of a desert in its youth,....LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
If Los Angeles has been called "the capital of crackpots" and "the metropolis of isms," the native Angeleno can not fairly attribu...te all of the city's idiosyncrasies to the newcomer--at least not so long as he consults the crystal ball for guidance in his business dealings and his wife goes shopping downtown in beach pajamas.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
[I]t forged ahead to become a full-fledged metropolis, with 143 faro games, 30 saloons, 4 banks, 27 produce stores, 3 express offi...ces--and an arena for bull-and-bear fights, which, described by Horace Greeley in the New York Tribune, is said to have given Wall Street its best-known phrases.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The principal saloon was the Howlin' Wilderness, an immense log cabin with a log fire always burning in the huge fireplace, where ...so many fights broke out that the common saying was, "We will have a man for breakfast tomorrow."LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
If, as they say, God spanked the town For being over-frisky,... Why did He burn all the churches down And spare Hotaling's Whiskey?LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »