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 90
... Mellinger is glad . " 66 Why does he disappear to music , like Zo - zo , the magic queen ? " asked Johnny . " Just to show ' em that he doesn't care ? " “ That noise you heard is a phonograph , " said Keogh . " I sold him that . Mellinger ...
... Mellinger is glad . " 66 Why does he disappear to music , like Zo - zo , the magic queen ? " asked Johnny . " Just to show ' em that he doesn't care ? " “ That noise you heard is a phonograph , " said Keogh . " I sold him that . Mellinger ...
Pagina 99
... Mellinger , ' says the man ' Homer P. Mel- linger . Boys , you're confiscated . You're babes in the wood without a chaperon or referee , and it's my duty to start you going . I'll knock out the props and launch you proper in the ...
... Mellinger , ' says the man ' Homer P. Mel- linger . Boys , you're confiscated . You're babes in the wood without a chaperon or referee , and it's my duty to start you going . I'll knock out the props and launch you proper in the ...
Pagina 100
... Mellinger called upon the people to observe the artful music and his two lifelong friends , the Señors Americanos . The opera chorus was agitated with esteem , and followed us from house to house . There was a different kind of drink to ...
... Mellinger called upon the people to observe the artful music and his two lifelong friends , the Señors Americanos . The opera chorus was agitated with esteem , and followed us from house to house . There was a different kind of drink to ...
Pagina 101
... Mellinger he cooks and seasons it . In the front office I fill the president's inkstand and search visiting statesmen for dirks and dynamite ; but in the back room I dictate the policy of the government . You'd never guess in the world ...
... Mellinger he cooks and seasons it . In the front office I fill the president's inkstand and search visiting statesmen for dirks and dynamite ; but in the back room I dictate the policy of the government . You'd never guess in the world ...
Pagina 102
... Mellinger made oration to me and Henry Horsecollar . And , later , he divested himself of this remark : " Boys , I'm to hold a soirée this evening with a gang of leading citizens , and I want your assistance . You bring the musical corn ...
... Mellinger made oration to me and Henry Horsecollar . And , later , he divested himself of this remark : " Boys , I'm to hold a soirée this evening with a gang of leading citizens , and I want your assistance . You bring the musical corn ...
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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