Complete Writings of O. Henry [i.e. W.S. Porter]Doubleday, Page, 1917 |
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Pagina 23
... Gregg , the quaran- tine doctor , who subscribed for the London Lancet , expecting to find it quoting his reports to the home Board of Health concerning the yellow fever germ . The consul knew that not one in fifty of his acquaint ...
... Gregg , the quaran- tine doctor , who subscribed for the London Lancet , expecting to find it quoting his reports to the home Board of Health concerning the yellow fever germ . The consul knew that not one in fifty of his acquaint ...
Pagina 37
... Gregg or Mr. Goodwin or anybody that's a friend to Mr. Geddie , and bring ' em here at once . ' 99 " Saints of the skies ! " said Simon , sleepily , " noth- ing has happened to Mr. Geddie ? " " He's under that tarpauling , " said the ...
... Gregg or Mr. Goodwin or anybody that's a friend to Mr. Geddie , and bring ' em here at once . ' 99 " Saints of the skies ! " said Simon , sleepily , " noth- ing has happened to Mr. Geddie ? " " He's under that tarpauling , " said the ...
Pagina 41
... night when the Valhalla's boat had brought him ashore appar- ently drenched to death by the sea , Doctor Gregg and his other friends had toiled for hours to preserve the little spark of life that remained to him . The 41 SMITH.
... night when the Valhalla's boat had brought him ashore appar- ently drenched to death by the sea , Doctor Gregg and his other friends had toiled for hours to preserve the little spark of life that remained to him . The 41 SMITH.
Pagina 45
... Gregg at the hotel , " said the consul . " You can see it from the door —it's that two - story building with the balcony , where the orange - trees are . " The Hotel de los Extranjeros was a dreary hos- telry , in great disuse both by ...
... Gregg at the hotel , " said the consul . " You can see it from the door —it's that two - story building with the balcony , where the orange - trees are . " The Hotel de los Extranjeros was a dreary hos- telry , in great disuse both by ...
Pagina 46
... Gregg , the quarantine physician , was a man of fifty or sixty , with a florid face and the longest beard between Topeka and Terra del Fuego . He held his position by virtue of an appointment by the Board of Health of a seaport city in ...
... Gregg , the quarantine physician , was a man of fifty or sixty , with a florid face and the longest beard between Topeka and Terra del Fuego . He held his position by virtue of an appointment by the Board of Health of a seaport city in ...
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Pagina 51 - The mountains reached up their bulky shoulders to receive the level gallop of Apollo's homing steeds, the day died in the lagoons and in the shadowed banana groves and in the mangrove swamps, where the great blue crabs were beginning to crawl to land for their nightly ramble. And it died, at last, upon the highest peaks. Then the brief twilight, ephemeral as the flight of a moth, came and went; the Southern Cross peeped with its topmost eye above a row of palms, and the fire-flies heralded with their...
Pagina 209 - Hie old boy doesn't draw badly at all. But, ye goddesses of Art! listen to the monstrosity he expects me to paint. He wants himself in the centre of the canvas, of course. He is to be painted as Jupiter sitting on Olympus, with the clouds at his feet. At one side of him stands George Washington, in full regimentals, with his hand on the president's shoulder. An angel with outstretched wings hovers overhead, and is placing a laurel wreath on the president's head, crowning him — Queen of the May,...