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Pagina 12
In the midst of the hullabaloo a man stepped to the door of a small wooden
building and looked out . Above the door was a sign that read “ Keogh and
Clancy ” - a nomenclature that seemed not to be indigenous to that tropical soil .
The man in ...
In the midst of the hullabaloo a man stepped to the door of a small wooden
building and looked out . Above the door was a sign that read “ Keogh and
Clancy ” - a nomenclature that seemed not to be indigenous to that tropical soil .
The man in ...
Pagina 13
Out from the door of this building tumbled Goodwin at the call . He had been
smoking with Willard Geddie , the consul , on the back porch of the consulate ,
which was conceded to be the coolest spot in Coralio . “ Hurry up , ” shouted
Keogh .
Out from the door of this building tumbled Goodwin at the call . He had been
smoking with Willard Geddie , the consul , on the back porch of the consulate ,
which was conceded to be the coolest spot in Coralio . “ Hurry up , ” shouted
Keogh .
Pagina 20
... everybody would have heard the news . I ' m going around now to see Dr .
Zavalla , and start a man up the trail to cut the telegraph wire . ” As Goodwin rose
, Keogh threw his hat upon the grass by the door and expelled a tremendous sigh
.
... everybody would have heard the news . I ' m going around now to see Dr .
Zavalla , and start a man up the trail to cut the telegraph wire . ” As Goodwin rose
, Keogh threw his hat upon the grass by the door and expelled a tremendous sigh
.
Pagina 40
When Geddie kissed Paula at her door that night he was happier than he had
ever been before . “ Here in this hollow lotus land , ever to live and lie reclined "
seemed to him , as it has seemed to many mariners , the best as well as the
easiest .
When Geddie kissed Paula at her door that night he was happier than he had
ever been before . “ Here in this hollow lotus land , ever to live and lie reclined "
seemed to him , as it has seemed to many mariners , the best as well as the
easiest .
Pagina 50
The consul rose from his hammock when he saw the conspicuous stranger in his
door . “ Keep your seat , old man , ” said the visitor , with an airy wave of his large
hand . “ My name ' s Smith ; and I ' ve come in a yacht . You are the consul — is ...
The consul rose from his hammock when he saw the conspicuous stranger in his
door . “ Keep your seat , old man , ” said the visitor , with an airy wave of his large
hand . “ My name ' s Smith ; and I ' ve come in a yacht . You are the consul — is ...
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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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