Cabbages and KingsDoubleday, Page, 1904 - 312 pagine |
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Pagina 6
... keep green the grave of President Miraflores by one who never saw that unfortunate statesman in life or in death , and why that one was wont to walk in the twilight , casting from a distance looks of gentle sadness upon that unhonoured ...
... keep green the grave of President Miraflores by one who never saw that unfortunate statesman in life or in death , and why that one was wont to walk in the twilight , casting from a distance looks of gentle sadness upon that unhonoured ...
Pagina 20
... Keep the matter quiet , Billy , " advised Goodwin . " We don't want the Ins to know that the president is in flight . I suppose Bob's information is something of a scoop in the capital as yet . Otherwise he would not have tried to make ...
... Keep the matter quiet , Billy , " advised Goodwin . " We don't want the Ins to know that the president is in flight . I suppose Bob's information is something of a scoop in the capital as yet . Otherwise he would not have tried to make ...
Pagina 45
... keep a strict and unrelenting watch . Every vessel that approached the shores might now be considered a possible means of escape for the fugi- tives ; and an eye was kept even on the sloops and dories that belonged to the sea - going ...
... keep a strict and unrelenting watch . Every vessel that approached the shores might now be considered a possible means of escape for the fugi- tives ; and an eye was kept even on the sloops and dories that belonged to the sea - going ...
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 that right ? A big , cool guy on the beach directed me here . Thought I'd pay my ...
... 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 that right ? A big , cool guy on the beach directed me here . Thought I'd pay my ...
Pagina 62
... keep close watch . Good- win held himself responsible for the district about Coralio . The news of the president's flight had been dis- closed to no one in the coast towns save trusted mem- bers of the ambitious political party that was ...
... keep close watch . Good- win held himself responsible for the district about Coralio . The news of the president's flight had been dis- closed to no one in the coast towns save trusted mem- bers of the ambitious political party that was ...
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admiral aguardiente American Anchuria Atwood bananas beach Beelzebub Billy Keogh Blythe boat bottle captain Caribs Casa Morena chair cigar Clancy coast cocoanut Colonel Falcon consul Coralio crew Dalesburg Dicky dollars Don Sabas door drink El Nacional Estebán eyes face Felipe flag Frank Goodwin friends Geddie graft grass Gregg Guatemala hand head Hemstetter honour Johnny Johnny's Karlsefin lady land laughed looked Losada Madama Maloney Mellinger morning native never night Number Olivarra Orleans paint Pasa pesos phonograph picture President Miraflores president's republic Rosine sail sand says seemed Señor Goodwin señorita shoes shore sloop smile smoke Spanish Spanish Main steamer steps stood street tell there's thing thousand tintype took town trepanning tropics turned Twas valise Vega verree Vesuvius Wahrfield waiting walked White Winchester rifles yacht Zavalla
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Pagina 14 - His Nibs 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 to know what to do. BOB.
Pagina 94 - we'll export canned music to the Latins; but I'm mindful of Mr. Julius Caesar's account of 'em where he says : " Omnia Gallia in tres partes divisa est; " which is the same as to say, " We will need all of our gall in devising means to tree them parties.
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.