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Pagina 11
The waves swished along the smooth beach ; the parrots screamed in the orange
and ceiba - trees ; the palms waved their limber fronds foolishly like an awkward
chorus at the prima donna ' s cue to enter . Suddenly the town was full of ...
The waves swished along the smooth beach ; the parrots screamed in the orange
and ceiba - trees ; the palms waved their limber fronds foolishly like an awkward
chorus at the prima donna ' s cue to enter . Suddenly the town was full of ...
Pagina 55
As they turned to enter the pulperia a native man , barefoot , glided noiselessly
up and addressed the doctor in Spanish . He was yellowish - brown , like an over
- ripe lemon ; he wore a cotton shirt and ragged linen trousers girded by a leather
...
As they turned to enter the pulperia a native man , barefoot , glided noiselessly
up and addressed the doctor in Spanish . He was yellowish - brown , like an over
- ripe lemon ; he wore a cotton shirt and ragged linen trousers girded by a leather
...
Pagina 67
... keeping watch upon the two sides of the hotel that looked upon the street , and
observing whether anyone should attempt to leave the house by any door or
window . Goodwin himself went to the door through which the guests had entered
...
... keeping watch upon the two sides of the hotel that looked upon the street , and
observing whether anyone should attempt to leave the house by any door or
window . Goodwin himself went to the door through which the guests had entered
...
Pagina 68
She was about to take a thimbleful of rum as a solace for having her , rest
disturbed . She looked up without surprise or alarm as her third caller entered . “
Ah ! it is the Seņor Goodwin . Not often does he honour my poor house by his
presence .
She was about to take a thimbleful of rum as a solace for having her , rest
disturbed . She looked up without surprise or alarm as her third caller entered . “
Ah ! it is the Seņor Goodwin . Not often does he honour my poor house by his
presence .
Pagina 69
He turned the knob of Number 9 , entered and closed the door behind him . If that
was Isabel Guilbert seated by the table in that poorly furnished room , report had
failed to do her charms justice . She rested her head upon one hand . Extreme ...
He turned the knob of Number 9 , entered and closed the door behind him . If that
was Isabel Guilbert seated by the table in that poorly furnished room , report had
failed to do her charms justice . She rested her head upon one hand . Extreme ...
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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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