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 6
... keep green the grave of President Miraflores by one who never saw that unfortunate statesman in life or in death , and why that one was wont to walk in the twilight , casting from a distance looks of gentle sadness upon that unhonoured ...
... keep green the grave of President Miraflores by one who never saw that unfortunate statesman in life or in death , and why that one was wont to walk in the twilight , casting from a distance looks of gentle sadness upon that unhonoured ...
Pagina 20
... Keep the matter quiet , Billy , " advised Goodwin . " We don't want the Ins to know that the president is in flight . I suppose Bob's information is something of a scoop in the capital as yet . Otherwise he would not have tried to make ...
... Keep the matter quiet , Billy , " advised Goodwin . " We don't want the Ins to know that the president is in flight . I suppose Bob's information is something of a scoop in the capital as yet . Otherwise he would not have tried to make ...
Pagina 45
... keep a strict and unrelenting watch . Every vessel that approached the shores might now be considered a possible means of escape for the fugi- tives ; and an eye was kept even on the sloops and dories that belonged to the sea - going ...
... keep a strict and unrelenting watch . Every vessel that approached the shores might now be considered a possible means of escape for the fugi- tives ; and an eye was kept even on the sloops and dories that belonged to the sea - going ...
Pagina 50
... Keep your seat , old man , " said the visitor , with an airy wave of his large hand . " My name's Smith ; and I've come in a yacht . You are the consul that right ? A big , cool guy on the beach directed me here . Thought I'd pay my ...
... Keep your seat , old man , " said the visitor , with an airy wave of his large hand . " My name's Smith ; and I've come in a yacht . You are the consul that right ? A big , cool guy on the beach directed me here . Thought I'd pay my ...
Pagina 62
... keep close watch . Good- win held himself responsible for the district about Coralio . The news of the president's flight had been dis- closed to no one in the coast towns save trusted mem- bers of the ambitious political party that was ...
... keep close watch . Good- win held himself responsible for the district about Coralio . The news of the president's flight had been dis- closed to no one in the coast towns save trusted mem- bers of the ambitious political party that was ...
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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