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Pagina 19
By the mule - back schedule , ” said Keogh , “ it ' s five days down from San Mateo
. We ' ve got plenty of time to set our outposts . There ' s only three places on the
coast where they can hope to sail from — here and Solitas and Alazan .
By the mule - back schedule , ” said Keogh , “ it ' s five days down from San Mateo
. We ' ve got plenty of time to set our outposts . There ' s only three places on the
coast where they can hope to sail from — here and Solitas and Alazan .
Pagina 27
Down to niņos of five years , everyone in Coralio could name you each incoming
steamer by the note of her siren . The consul sauntered by a roundabout , shaded
way to the beach . By reason of long practice he gauged his stroll so accurately ...
Down to niņos of five years , everyone in Coralio could name you each incoming
steamer by the note of her siren . The consul sauntered by a roundabout , shaded
way to the beach . By reason of long practice he gauged his stroll so accurately ...
Pagina 28
When they grounded in the shallow water there was still five yards of rolling surf
between them and dry sand . Then half - clothed Caribs dashed into the water ,
and brought in on their backs the Valhalla ' s purser and the little native officials in
...
When they grounded in the shallow water there was still five yards of rolling surf
between them and dry sand . Then half - clothed Caribs dashed into the water ,
and brought in on their backs the Valhalla ' s purser and the little native officials in
...
Pagina 51
... causes the whole town to turn out . If you are going to remain in Coralio a while
, Mr . Smith , I ' ll be glad to take you around to meet some people . There are four
or five American chaps that are good to know , besides the native high - fliers .
... causes the whole town to turn out . If you are going to remain in Coralio a while
, Mr . Smith , I ' ll be glad to take you around to meet some people . There are four
or five American chaps that are good to know , besides the native high - fliers .
Pagina 53
thick save where the fingers of infrequent customers had left irregular prints . The
upper story contained four or five guest - rooms which were rarely put to their
destined use . Sometimes a fruit - grower , riding in from his plantation to confer
with ...
thick save where the fingers of infrequent customers had left irregular prints . The
upper story contained four or five guest - rooms which were rarely put to their
destined use . Sometimes a fruit - grower , riding in from his plantation to confer
with ...
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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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