Cabbages and Kings |
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Pagina 29
... breakfast consisted of shark ' s fin soup , stew of land crabs , breadfruit , a
boiled iguana steak , aguacates , a The Lotus and the Bottle 29.
... breakfast consisted of shark ' s fin soup , stew of land crabs , breadfruit , a
boiled iguana steak , aguacates , a The Lotus and the Bottle 29.
Pagina 32
He felt a glow of satisfaction at finding he was so little disturbed by what he had
read . He told himself that he had conquered the distress that had sent him , a
voluntary exile , to this far land of the lotus . He could never forget Ida , of course ;
but ...
He felt a glow of satisfaction at finding he was so little disturbed by what he had
read . He told himself that he had conquered the distress that had sent him , a
voluntary exile , to this far land of the lotus . He could never forget Ida , of course ;
but ...
Pagina 34
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 on the beach flared
their decorative green leaves against the slate of an almost quiescent sea .
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 on the beach flared
their decorative green leaves against the slate of an almost quiescent sea .
Pagina 38
In this dreamy land , where time seemed so redundant , he had fallen into the
habit of bestowing much thought upon even trilling matters . He began to
speculate upon many fanciful theories concerning the story of the bottle ,
rejecting each in ...
In this dreamy land , where time seemed so redundant , he had fallen into the
habit of bestowing much thought upon even trilling matters . He began to
speculate upon many fanciful theories concerning the story of the bottle ,
rejecting each in ...
Pagina 40
When Geddie kissed Paula at her door that night he was happier than he had
ever been before . “ Here in this hollow lotus land , ever to live and lie reclined ”
seemed to him , as it has seemed to many mariners , the best as well as the
easiest .
When Geddie kissed Paula at her door that night he was happier than he had
ever been before . “ Here in this hollow lotus land , ever to live and lie reclined ”
seemed to him , as it has seemed to many mariners , the best as well as the
easiest .
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Informazioni bibliografiche
| Titolo | Cabbages and Kings Complete authorized edition of the works of O. Henry, O. Henry O. Henry popular edition The complete edition of O. Henry, O. Henry Volume 10 di Works, William Sidney Porter |
| Autore | O. Henry |
| Editore | Doubleday, Page, 1919 |
| Provenienza dell'originale | Harvard University |
| Digitalizzato | 30 lug 2008 |
| Lunghezza | 312 pagine |
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