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Pagina 27
... boarded and inspected according to the laws of Anchuria . There is no harbour
at Coralio . Vessels of the draught of the Valhalla must ride at anchor a mile from
shore . When they take on fruit it is conveyed on lighters and freighter sloops .
... boarded and inspected according to the laws of Anchuria . There is no harbour
at Coralio . Vessels of the draught of the Valhalla must ride at anchor a mile from
shore . When they take on fruit it is conveyed on lighters and freighter sloops .
Pagina 28
At night a sloop or two would be making strange trips in and out along the shore ;
and in the morning the stock of ThreeStar Hennessey , wines and drygoods in
Coralio would be found vastly increased . It has also been said that the customs ...
At night a sloop or two would be making strange trips in and out along the shore ;
and in the morning the stock of ThreeStar Hennessey , wines and drygoods in
Coralio would be found vastly increased . It has also been said that the customs ...
Pagina 45
Every vessel that approached the shores might now be considered a possible
means of escape for the fugitives ; and an eye was kept even on the sloops and
dories that belonged to the sea - going contingent of Coralio . Goodwin and
Zavalla ...
Every vessel that approached the shores might now be considered a possible
means of escape for the fugitives ; and an eye was kept even on the sloops and
dories that belonged to the sea - going contingent of Coralio . Goodwin and
Zavalla ...
Pagina 46
Two or three of the freighter sloops were engaged to assist in the work , for the
captain was anxious to make a quick return in order to reap the advantage
offered by a certain dearth of fruit in the States . About four o ' clock in the
afternoon ...
Two or three of the freighter sloops were engaged to assist in the work , for the
captain was anxious to make a quick return in order to reap the advantage
offered by a certain dearth of fruit in the States . About four o ' clock in the
afternoon ...
Pagina 63
They were instructed to keep a vigilant lookout during the night to prevent
Miraflores from attempting to embark stealthily by means of some boat or sloop
found by chance at the water ' s edge . A dozen patrols walked the streets of
Coralio ...
They were instructed to keep a vigilant lookout during the night to prevent
Miraflores from attempting to embark stealthily by means of some boat or sloop
found by chance at the water ' s edge . A dozen patrols walked the streets of
Coralio ...
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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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