Complete Writings of O. Henry [i.e. W.S. Porter]Doubleday, Page, 1917 |
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O. Henry. Porter , un am THE COMPLETE WRITINGS OF O. Henry CABBAGES AND KINGS VOLUME I Garden City New York Doubleday , Page and Company 828 P843 1917 Copyright , 1904 , by DOUBLEDAY , 1917.
O. Henry. Porter , un am THE COMPLETE WRITINGS OF O. Henry CABBAGES AND KINGS VOLUME I Garden City New York Doubleday , Page and Company 828 P843 1917 Copyright , 1904 , by DOUBLEDAY , 1917.
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... York journals are supposed to take their Sabbath literary nap . Opening this the consul rested it upon the table , supporting its weight with the aid of the back of a chair . Then he partook of his meal deliberately , turning the leaves ...
... York journals are supposed to take their Sabbath literary nap . Opening this the consul rested it upon the table , supporting its weight with the aid of the back of a chair . Then he partook of his meal deliberately , turning the leaves ...
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... York , according to the distribution of the fruit supply . Goodwin lounged upon the beach with the usual crowd of idlers that had gathered to view the steamer . Now that President Miraflores might be expected to reach the borders of his ...
... York , according to the distribution of the fruit supply . Goodwin lounged upon the beach with the usual crowd of idlers that had gathered to view the steamer . Now that President Miraflores might be expected to reach the borders of his ...
Pagina 40
... York , to which port her latest load of oranges and cocoanuts had been con- veyed . Two or three of the freighter sloops were en- gaged to assist in the work , for the captain was anx- ious to make a quick return in order to reap the ad ...
... York , to which port her latest load of oranges and cocoanuts had been con- veyed . Two or three of the freighter sloops were en- gaged to assist in the work , for the captain was anx- ious to make a quick return in order to reap the ad ...
Pagina 43
... neck of the woods . I'm from New York . They get monkeys , and cocoanuts , and par- rots down here is that right ? " " We have them all , " said Geddie . " I'm quite sure that our fauna and flora would take a prize over 43 SMITH.
... neck of the woods . I'm from New York . They get monkeys , and cocoanuts , and par- rots down here is that right ? " " We have them all , " said Geddie . " I'm quite sure that our fauna and flora would take a prize over 43 SMITH.
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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,...