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Pagina 6
Only by following out the underlying threads will it be made clear why the old
Indian , Galvez , is secretly paid to keep green the grave of President Miraflores
by one who never saw that unfortunate statesman in life or in death , and why that
...
Only by following out the underlying threads will it be made clear why the old
Indian , Galvez , is secretly paid to keep green the grave of President Miraflores
by one who never saw that unfortunate statesman in life or in death , and why that
...
Pagina 20
Across the treacherous mangrove swamps few things without wings could safely
pass . Therefore the fugitives could hope to reach the coast only by one of the
routes named . “ Keep the matter quiet , Billy , ” advised Goodwin . “ We don ' t
want ...
Across the treacherous mangrove swamps few things without wings could safely
pass . Therefore the fugitives could hope to reach the coast only by one of the
routes named . “ Keep the matter quiet , Billy , ” advised Goodwin . “ We don ' t
want ...
Pagina 45
Now that President Miraflores might be expected to reach the borders of his
abjured country at any time , the orders were to keep a strict and unrelenting
watch . Every vessel that approached the shores might now be considered a
possible ...
Now that President Miraflores might be expected to reach the borders of his
abjured country at any time , the orders were to keep a strict and unrelenting
watch . Every vessel that approached the shores might now be considered a
possible ...
Pagina 50
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 that right
? A big , cool guy on the beach directed me here . Thought I ' d pay my respects ...
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 that right
? A big , cool guy on the beach directed me here . Thought I ' d pay my respects ...
Pagina 62
At Coralio the Liberal patriot Varras could be depended upon to keep close
watch . Goodwin held himself responsible for the district about Coralio . The news
of the president ' s flight had been disclosed to no one in the coast towns save ...
At Coralio the Liberal patriot Varras could be depended upon to keep close
watch . Goodwin held himself responsible for the district about Coralio . The news
of the president ' s flight had been disclosed to no one in the coast towns save ...
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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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