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Pagina 37
Throwing off his hat and coat , and lighting a lamp — for the night had crowded
precipitately upon the brief twilight — he began to examine his piece of sea
salvage . By holding the bottle near the light and turning it judiciously , he made
out ...
Throwing off his hat and coat , and lighting a lamp — for the night had crowded
precipitately upon the brief twilight — he began to examine his piece of sea
salvage . By holding the bottle near the light and turning it judiciously , he made
out ...
Pagina 38
He began to speculate upon many fanciful theories concerning the story of the
bottle , rejecting each in turn . Ships in danger of wreck or disablement
sometimes cast forth such precarious messengers calling for aid . But he had
seen the Idalia ...
He began to speculate upon many fanciful theories concerning the story of the
bottle , rejecting each in turn . Ships in danger of wreck or disablement
sometimes cast forth such precarious messengers calling for aid . But he had
seen the Idalia ...
Pagina 46
Next a swarm of Caribs began to load upon lighters the thousands of bunches of
bananas heaped upon the shore and row them out to the steamer . The Karlsefin
had no passenger list , and was soon done with the attention of the authorities .
Next a swarm of Caribs began to load upon lighters the thousands of bunches of
bananas heaped upon the shore and row them out to the steamer . The Karlsefin
had no passenger list , and was soon done with the attention of the authorities .
Pagina 66
In two minutes a faint gleam began to show between the slats of the jalousies in
the upper story of the hotel . “ They have engaged rooms , ” said Goodwin to
himself . “ So , then , their arrangements for sailing have yet to be made . ” At that
...
In two minutes a faint gleam began to show between the slats of the jalousies in
the upper story of the hotel . “ They have engaged rooms , ” said Goodwin to
himself . “ So , then , their arrangements for sailing have yet to be made . ” At that
...
Pagina 76
Goodwin set the valise quickly upon the table and began to unfasten the straps .
The lady stood by , with an expression of infinite scorn and weariness upon her
face . The valise opened wide to a powerful , sidelong wrench . Goodwin
dragged ...
Goodwin set the valise quickly upon the table and began to unfasten the straps .
The lady stood by , with an expression of infinite scorn and weariness upon her
face . The valise opened wide to a powerful , sidelong wrench . Goodwin
dragged ...
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Pagina 14 - Nibj skedaddled yesterday per jack-rabbit line with all the coin in the kitty and the bundle of muslin he's spoony about. The boodle is six figures short. Our crowd in good shape, but we need the spondulicks. You collar it. The main guy and the dry goods are headed for the briny. You know what to do. BOB.
Pagina 59 - The mountains reached up their bulky shoulders to receive the level gallop of Apollo's homing steeds, the day died in the lagoons and in the shadowed banana groves and in the mangrove swamps, where the great blue crabs were beginning to crawl to land for their nightly ramble. And it died, at last, upon the highest peaks. Then the brief twilight, ephemeral as the flight of a moth, came and went; the Southern Cross peeped with its topmost eye above a row of palms, and the fire-flies heralded with their...
Pagina 11 - CORALIO reclined, in the mid-day heat, like some vacuous beauty lounging in a guarded harem. The town lay at the sea's edge on a strip of alluvial coast. It was set like a little pearl in an emerald band. Behind it, and seeming almost to topple, imminent, above it, rose the sea-following range of the Cordilleras.
Pagina 234 - He was the absolute despot and the idol of his people. The wealth of the country poured into his hands. Other presidents had been rapacious without reason. Losada amassed enormous wealth, but his people had their share of the benefits. The joint in his armor was his insatiate passion for monuments and tokens commemorating his glory. In every town he caused to be erected statues of himself bearing legends in praise of his greatness. In the walls of every public edifice, tablets were fixed reciting...
Informazioni bibliografiche
| Titolo | Cabbages and Kings Watermark edition |
| Autore | O. Henry |
| Editore | Doubleday, Page, 1904 |
| Lunghezza | 312 pagine |
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