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" I was well aware of all this, and have been as dull and prosy as possible to avoid it. Very little news will be found in the Herald this week: the fact is, there never is much news in it, and it is very well that it is so; the climate here is so delightful... "
Phœnixiana; Or, Sketches and Burlesques - Page 112
by George Horatio Derby - 1870 - 274 pages
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Phoenixiana: Or, Sketches and Burlesques

George Horatio Derby - American wit and humor - 1856 - 308 pages
...: the fact is, there never is much news in it, and it is very well that it is so ; the climate here is so delightful, that residents, in the enjoyment...conclusion, I am gratified to be able to state that Johnny's office (the fighting department), for the last six weeks, has been a sinecure, and with the exception...
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Mark Twain's Library of Humor

American wit and humor - 1888 - 742 pages
...: the fact is, there never is much news in it, and it is very well that it is so ; the climate here is so delightful, that residents, in the enjoyment...conclusion, I am gratified to be able to state that Johnny's office (the fighting department), for the last six weeks, has been a sinecure, and with the exception...
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Phoenixiana, Or, Sketches and Burlesques

George Horatio Derby - 1889 - 304 pages
...: the fact is, there never is much news in it, and it is very well that it is so; the climate here is so delightful, that residents, in the enjoyment...other places, care very little about what is going on ic San Diego, so all parties are likely to be gratified with the little paper, " and long may it wave."...
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A Truthful Woman in Southern California

Kate Sanborn - California, Southern - 1893 - 222 pages
...enjoyment of their dolce far niente care very little about what is going on elsewhere, and residents of other places care very little about what is going...gratified with the little paper, ' and long may it wave.' " The present city has eighteen thousand inhabitants, twenty-three church organizations, remarkably...
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A Truthful Woman in Southern California

Kate Sanborn - California, Southern - 1893 - 220 pages
...; the fact is, there never is much news in it, and it is very well that it is so ; the climate here is so delightful that residents in the enjoyment of...little about what is going on elsewhere, and residents of other places care very little about what is going on in San Diego, so all parties are likely to...
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Conflicts of Interest: The Letters of MarÕa Amparo Ruiz de Burton

MarÕa Amparo Ruiz de Burton - Literary Criticism - 2001 - 676 pages
...that it is so; the climate here is so delightful that residents, in the enjoyment of their dolcefar niente, care very little about what is going on elsewhere...gratified with the little paper, "and long may it wane." Phoenix lampooned San Diego calling it "Sandy Ague," and made its population appear, through...
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Phoenixiana, Or Sketches and Burlesques [Illustrated Edition]

John Phoenix - Humor - 2008 - 698 pages
...: the fact is, there never is much news in it, and it is very well that it is so; the climate here is so delightful, that residents, in the enjoyment of their dolce far nicnte, care very little about what is going- on elsewhere, and residents in other places care very...
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Phoenixiana, Or Sketches and Burlesques [Illustrated Edition]

John Phoenix - Humor - 2008 - 698 pages
...: the fact is, there never is much news in it, and it is very well that it is so; the climate here is so delightful, that residents, in the enjoyment of their dolce far nicnte, care very little about what is going- on elsewhere, and residents in other places care very...
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