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Pagina 8
... to lay aside pike and cutlass and attack with quip and jollity ; to draw one
saving titter of mirth from the rusty casque of Romance - this were pleasant to do
in the shade of the lemon - trees on that coast that is curved like lips set for
smiling .
... to lay aside pike and cutlass and attack with quip and jollity ; to draw one
saving titter of mirth from the rusty casque of Romance - this were pleasant to do
in the shade of the lemon - trees on that coast that is curved like lips set for
smiling .
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 14
... contiguities of shade from which curiosity had drawn it — the women to their
baking in the mud ovens under the orange - trees , or to the interminable
combing of their long , straight hair ; the men to their cigarettes and gossip in the
cantinas .
... contiguities of shade from which curiosity had drawn it — the women to their
baking in the mud ovens under the orange - trees , or to the interminable
combing of their long , straight hair ; the men to their cigarettes and gossip in the
cantinas .
Pagina 23
They say she can look at a man once , and he ' ll turn monkey and climb trees to
pick cocoanuts for her . Think of that president man with Lord knows how many
hundreds of thousands of dollars in one hand , and this muslin siren in the other ...
They say she can look at a man once , and he ' ll turn monkey and climb trees to
pick cocoanuts for her . Think of that president man with Lord knows how many
hundreds of thousands of dollars in one hand , and this muslin siren in the other ...
Pagina 38
was covered with the dark - green foliage of lemontrees and orange - trees just
bursting into bloom . A lagoon pierced the land like a dark , jagged crystal , and
above it a pale ceiba - tree rose almost to the clouds . The waving cocoanut
palms ...
was covered with the dark - green foliage of lemontrees and orange - trees just
bursting into bloom . A lagoon pierced the land like a dark , jagged crystal , and
above it a pale ceiba - tree rose almost to the clouds . The waving cocoanut
palms ...
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