Cabbages and KingsDoubleday, Page, 1919 - 312 pagine A series of stories which each explore some individual aspect of life in a paralytically sleepy Central American town while each advancing some aspect of the larger plot and relating back one to another in a complex structure which slowly explicates its own background even as it painstakingly erects a town which is one of the most detailed literary creations of the period. In this book, O. Henry coined the term "banana republic." |
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Pagina 131
... Felipe Carrera as its admiral . Next to the champagne the credit of the appoint- ment belongs to Don Sabas Placido , the newly con- firmed Minister of War . The president had requested a convention of his cabinet for the discussion of ...
... Felipe Carrera as its admiral . Next to the champagne the credit of the appoint- ment belongs to Don Sabas Placido , the newly con- firmed Minister of War . The president had requested a convention of his cabinet for the discussion of ...
Pagina 132
... Felipe Carrera - not , be it understood , one of extreme wisdom , but loyal and the best sailor along the coast . It was upon this hint that the Minister of War acted , executing a rare piece of drollery that so en- livened the tedium ...
... Felipe Carrera - not , be it understood , one of extreme wisdom , but loyal and the best sailor along the coast . It was upon this hint that the Minister of War acted , executing a rare piece of drollery that so en- livened the tedium ...
Pagina 133
... of state . This commission conferred upon el Señor Don Felipe Carrera the title of Flag Admiral of the Republic of Anchuria . Thus within the space of a few minutes and the dominion of a dozen " extra dry , " the country The Admiral 133.
... of state . This commission conferred upon el Señor Don Felipe Carrera the title of Flag Admiral of the Republic of Anchuria . Thus within the space of a few minutes and the dominion of a dozen " extra dry , " the country The Admiral 133.
Pagina 134
... Felipe Carrera became entitled to a salute of nineteen guns whenever he might enter port . The southern races are lacking in that particular kind of humour that finds entertainment in the de- fects and misfortunes bestowed by Nature ...
... Felipe Carrera became entitled to a salute of nineteen guns whenever he might enter port . The southern races are lacking in that particular kind of humour that finds entertainment in the de- fects and misfortunes bestowed by Nature ...
Pagina 135
O. Henry. raged and set other men to cowering , the deficiencies of Felipe seemed of little importance . He was a perfect sailor , if an imperfect man . He owned no boat , but worked among the crews of the schooners and sloops that ...
O. Henry. raged and set other men to cowering , the deficiencies of Felipe seemed of little importance . He was a perfect sailor , if an imperfect man . He owned no boat , but worked among the crews of the schooners and sloops that ...
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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 dark Dicky dollars Don Sabas door drink El Nacional Estebán eyes face Felipe flag friends Geddie graft grass Gregg Guatemala hand head Hemstetter honour Johnny Karlsefin lady land laugh looked Losada Madama Maloney Mellinger morning native never night Number Olivarra Orleans paint Pasa pesos phonograph picture President Miraflores president's republic revolution 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 tintypes tion took town trepanning tropics turned Twas valise Vega verree Vesuvius Wahrfield waiting walked White Winchester rifles yacht Zavalla