Cabbages and KingsDoubleday, Page & Company for Review of Reviews, 1916 - 312 pagine A 1904 novel made up of interlinked short stories, written by O. Henry and set in a fictitious Central American country called the Republic of Anchuria. It takes its title from the poem "The Walrus and the Carpenter", featured in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass. Its plot contains famous elements in the poem: shoes and ships and sealing wax, cabbages and kings. It was inspired by the characters and situations that O. Henry encountered in Honduras in the late 1890s. |
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Pagina 163
... Guatemala , then the hot one I've been filibusterin ' with . Ye'll find that country on the map . " Tis in the district known as the tropics . By the foresight of Providence , it lies on the coast so the geography man could run the ...
... Guatemala , then the hot one I've been filibusterin ' with . Ye'll find that country on the map . " Tis in the district known as the tropics . By the foresight of Providence , it lies on the coast so the geography man could run the ...
Pagina 167
... Guatemala , and was the greatest nation laved by any ocean whatever any- where . He looked at me with tears in his eyes , and from time to time he would emit the remark , ' Ah ! big , strong , brave mans ! That is what my country need ...
... Guatemala , and was the greatest nation laved by any ocean whatever any- where . He looked at me with tears in his eyes , and from time to time he would emit the remark , ' Ah ! big , strong , brave mans ! That is what my country need ...
Pagina 168
... Guatemala . " I reflects a bit , serious , and asks the general again to denominate the terms by which his country is called . He tells me , and I see then that ' twas the t'other one , Kamchatka , I had in mind . Since then I've had ...
... Guatemala . " I reflects a bit , serious , and asks the general again to denominate the terms by which his country is called . He tells me , and I see then that ' twas the t'other one , Kamchatka , I had in mind . Since then I've had ...
Pagina 169
... Guatemala . " Twas a blue country , and not yel- low as ' tis miscolored on the map . We landed at a town on the coast , where a train of cars was waitin ' for us on a dinky little railroad . The boxes on the steamer were brought ashore ...
... Guatemala . " Twas a blue country , and not yel- low as ' tis miscolored on the map . We landed at a town on the coast , where a train of cars was waitin ' for us on a dinky little railroad . The boxes on the steamer were brought ashore ...
Pagina 171
... Guatemala . Yes . T'irty dollars in the month . Good pay . Ah , yes . You strong , brave man . Bimeby we push those rail- road in the capital very quick . They want you go work now . Adios , strong mans . ' 6 " Monseer , ' says I ...
... Guatemala . Yes . T'irty dollars in the month . Good pay . Ah , yes . You strong , brave man . Bimeby we push those rail- road in the capital very quick . They want you go work now . Adios , strong mans . ' 6 " Monseer , ' says I ...
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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 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