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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... CODE · · . 189 XII . SHOES 204 • XIII . SHIPS 219 XIV . MASTERS OF ARTS 233 XV . DICKY XVI . ROUGE ET NOIR XVII . Two RECALLS XVIII . THE VITAGRAPHOSCOPE 258 . 278 293 . 307 THE PROEM BY THE CARPENTER THEY will tell you in.
... CODE · · . 189 XII . SHOES 204 • XIII . SHIPS 219 XIV . MASTERS OF ARTS 233 XV . DICKY XVI . ROUGE ET NOIR XVII . Two RECALLS XVIII . THE VITAGRAPHOSCOPE 258 . 278 293 . 307 THE PROEM BY THE CARPENTER THEY will tell you in.
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O. Henry. THE PROEM BY THE CARPENTER THEY will tell you in Anchuria , that President Miraflores , of that volatile republic , died by his own hand in the coast town of Coralio ; that he had reached thus far in flight from the ...
O. Henry. THE PROEM BY THE CARPENTER THEY will tell you in Anchuria , that President Miraflores , of that volatile republic , died by his own hand in the coast town of Coralio ; that he had reached thus far in flight from the ...
Pagina 9
... tell of many things . Per- haps to the promiscuous ear of the Walrus it shall come with most avail ; for in it there are indeed shoes and ships and sealing - wax and cabbage - palms and presidents instead of kings . Add to these a ...
... tell of many things . Per- haps to the promiscuous ear of the Walrus it shall come with most avail ; for in it there are indeed shoes and ships and sealing - wax and cabbage - palms and presidents instead of kings . Add to these a ...
Pagina 18
... tell you how it's 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 ...
... tell you how it's 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 ...
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... tell , I believe , " said Good- win , with a mischievous look in his eye , " except that old Geddie is getting grumpier and crosser every day . If something doesn't happen to relieve his mind I'll have to quit smoking on his back porch ...
... tell , I believe , " said Good- win , with a mischievous look in his eye , " except that old Geddie is getting grumpier and crosser every day . If something doesn't happen to relieve his mind I'll have to quit smoking on his back porch ...
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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