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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. "'The Latin races,' says Henry, explaining easy in the
idioms he ...
"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. "'The Latin races,' says Henry, explaining easy in the
idioms he ...
Pagina 96
'I touch here again a week from to-day,' says the captain. " '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 mine.
'I touch here again a week from to-day,' says the captain. " '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 mine.
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 them
...
"'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 them
...
Pagina 98
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 executed
here.
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 executed
here.
Pagina 99
"'New York?' 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.
"'New York?' 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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Informazioni bibliografiche
| Titolo | Cabbages and Kings Complete edition of O. Henry, O. Henry O. Henry popular edition |
| Autore | O. Henry |
| Editore | Doubleday, Page, 1919 |
| Provenienza dell'originale | Harvard University |
| Digitalizzato | 30 lug 2008 |
| Lunghezza | 312 pagine |
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