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Pagina 94
So , as I say , Henry had $ 360 , and I had $ 288 . The idea of introducing the
phonograph to South America was Henry ' s ; but I took to it freely , being fond of
machinery of all kinds . 6 . The Latin races , ' says Henry , explaining easy in the ...
So , as I say , Henry had $ 360 , and I had $ 288 . The idea of introducing the
phonograph to South America was Henry ' s ; but I took to it freely , being fond of
machinery of all kinds . 6 . The Latin races , ' says Henry , explaining easy in the ...
Pagina 96
I touch here again a week from to - day , ' says the captain . 66 • By that time , we
told him , we ' ll be amassing wealth in the interior towns with our galvanized
prima donna and correct imitations of Sousa ' s band excavating a march from a
tin ...
I touch here again a week from to - day , ' says the captain . 66 • By that time , we
told him , we ' ll be amassing wealth in the interior towns with our galvanized
prima donna and correct imitations of Sousa ' s band excavating a march from a
tin ...
Pagina 97
The marvelous invention , ' he says , “ entitled the phonograph , has never
invaded these shores . The people have never heard it . They would not believe it
if they should . Simple - hearted children of nature , progress has never
condemned ...
The marvelous invention , ' he says , “ entitled the phonograph , has never
invaded these shores . The people have never heard it . They would not believe it
if they should . Simple - hearted children of nature , progress has never
condemned ...
Pagina 98
Twice before , ' says the consul , “ I have cabled our government for a couple of
gunboats to protect American citizens . The first time the Department sent me a
pair of gum boots . The other time was when a man named Pease was going to
be ...
Twice before , ' says the consul , “ I have cabled our government for a couple of
gunboats to protect American citizens . The first time the Department sent me a
pair of gum boots . The other time was when a man named Pease was going to
be ...
Pagina 99
he says to me finally . « « Originally , and from time to time , I says . Hasn ' t it
rubbed off yet ? ' “ It ' s simple , ' says he , when you know how . It ' s the fit of the
vest . They don ' t cut vests right anywhere else . Coats , maybe , but not vests .
he says to me finally . « « Originally , and from time to time , I says . Hasn ' t it
rubbed off yet ? ' “ It ' s simple , ' says he , when you know how . It ' s the fit of the
vest . They don ' t cut vests right anywhere else . Coats , maybe , but not vests .
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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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