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 28
... sloop or two would be making strange trips in and out along the shore ; and in the morning the stock of Three- Star Hennessey , wines and drygoods in Coralio would be found vastly increased . It has also been said that the customs ...
... sloop or two would be making strange trips in and out along the shore ; and in the morning the stock of Three- Star Hennessey , wines and drygoods in Coralio would be found vastly increased . It has also been said that the customs ...
Pagina 63
... sloop found by chance at the water's edge . A dozen patrols walked the streets of Coralio unsuspected , ready to intercept the truant official should he show himself there . Goodwin was very well convinced that no precau- tions had been ...
... sloop found by chance at the water's edge . A dozen patrols walked the streets of Coralio unsuspected , ready to intercept the truant official should he show himself there . Goodwin was very well convinced that no precau- tions had been ...
Pagina 88
... sloop , white - winged like some snowy sea fowl . Its course lay within twenty points of the wind's eye ; so it veered in and out again in long , slow strokes like the movements of a graceful skater . 88 Cabbages and Kings.
... sloop , white - winged like some snowy sea fowl . Its course lay within twenty points of the wind's eye ; so it veered in and out again in long , slow strokes like the movements of a graceful skater . 88 Cabbages and Kings.
Pagina 89
... sloop was now on its outward tack ; but from it came a clear , answering hail : " Good - bye , Billy . go - ing home - bye ! " The Andador was the sloop's destination . No doubt some passenger with a sailing permit from some up - the ...
... sloop was now on its outward tack ; but from it came a clear , answering hail : " Good - bye , Billy . go - ing home - bye ! " The Andador was the sloop's destination . No doubt some passenger with a sailing permit from some up - the ...
Pagina 131
... sloop Estrella del Noche and her cargo of drygoods , patent medicines , granu- lated sugar and three - star brandy . Also six Martini rifles and a barrel of American whisky . Caught in the act of smuggling , the sloop with its cargo was ...
... sloop Estrella del Noche and her cargo of drygoods , patent medicines , granu- lated sugar and three - star brandy . Also six Martini rifles and a barrel of American whisky . Caught in the act of smuggling , the sloop with its cargo 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