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 9
... play at government and intrigue until some day a big , si- lent gunboat glides into the offing and warns them not to break their toys . And with these changes comes also the small adventurer , with empty pockets to fill , light of heart ...
... play at government and intrigue until some day a big , si- lent gunboat glides into the offing and warns them not to break their toys . And with these changes comes also the small adventurer , with empty pockets to fill , light of heart ...
Pagina 18
... played . This president man and his companion in play , they stand up over in San Mateo , ready for the run , and shout : Fox - in - the- Morning ! ' Me and you , standing here , we say : Goose and the Gander ! ' They say : " How many ...
... played . This president man and his companion in play , they stand up over in San Mateo , ready for the run , and shout : Fox - in - the- Morning ! ' Me and you , standing here , we say : Goose and the Gander ! ' They say : " How many ...
Pagina 19
... play , and mate in three moves . Oh , goosey , goosey , gander , whither do you wander ? By the blessing of the literary telegraph the boodle of this benighted fatherland shall be preserved to the honest political party that is seeking ...
... play , and mate in three moves . Oh , goosey , goosey , gander , whither do you wander ? By the blessing of the literary telegraph the boodle of this benighted fatherland shall be preserved to the honest political party that is seeking ...
Pagina 25
... interception of the fugitives from the capital ; and now it was but a waiting game that he had to play . The consul was interested in his report . He was 25 only twenty - four ; and he had not been II III SMITH 99 THE LOTUS AND THE BOTTLE.
... interception of the fugitives from the capital ; and now it was but a waiting game that he had to play . The consul was interested in his report . He was 25 only twenty - four ; and he had not been II III SMITH 99 THE LOTUS AND THE BOTTLE.
Pagina 31
... played coyly and insinuatingly upon the strings of 99 and " Madame Rumour 99 on dit 66 and a little bird " and " no one would be surprised , " and ended with congratulations . 66 Geddie , having finished his breakfast , took his pa ...
... played coyly and insinuatingly upon the strings of 99 and " Madame Rumour 99 on dit 66 and a little bird " and " no one would be surprised , " and ended with congratulations . 66 Geddie , having finished his breakfast , took his pa ...
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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