Complete Writings of O. Henry [i.e. W.S. Porter]Doubleday, Page, 1917 |
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Pagina 11
... door of a small wooden building and looked out . Above the door was a sign that read " Keogh and Clancy " -a nomenclature that seemed not to be in- digenous to that tropical soil . The man in the door was Billy Keogh , scout of fortune ...
... door of a small wooden building and looked out . Above the door was a sign that read " Keogh and Clancy " -a nomenclature that seemed not to be in- digenous to that tropical soil . The man in the door was Billy Keogh , scout of fortune ...
Pagina 12
O. Henry. Out from the door of this building tumbled Goodwin at the call . He had been smoking with Willard Ged- die , the consul , on the back porch of the consulate , which was conceded to be the coolest spot in Coralio . " Hurry up ...
O. Henry. Out from the door of this building tumbled Goodwin at the call . He had been smoking with Willard Ged- die , the consul , on the back porch of the consulate , which was conceded to be the coolest spot in Coralio . " Hurry up ...
Pagina 18
... door and expelled a tremendous sigh . " What's the trouble , Billy ? " asked Goodwin , paus- ing . " That's the first time I ever heard you sigh . " 66 " Tis the last , " said Keogh . " With that sorrowful puff of wind I resign myself ...
... door and expelled a tremendous sigh . " What's the trouble , Billy ? " asked Goodwin , paus- ing . " That's the first time I ever heard you sigh . " 66 " Tis the last , " said Keogh . " With that sorrowful puff of wind I resign myself ...
Pagina 35
... door that night he was happier than he had ever been before . " Here in this hollow lotus land , ever to live and lie reclined " seemed to him , as it has seemed to many mariners , the best as well as the easiest . His future would be ...
... door that night he was happier than he had ever been before . " Here in this hollow lotus land , ever to live and lie reclined " seemed to him , as it has seemed to many mariners , the best as well as the easiest . His future would be ...
Pagina 43
... door . " Keep your seat , old man , " said the visitor , with an airy wave of his large hand . " My name's Smith ; and I've come in a yacht . You are the consul - is that right ? A big , cool guy on the beach directed me here . Thought ...
... door . " Keep your seat , old man , " said the visitor , with an airy wave of his large hand . " My name's Smith ; and I've come in a yacht . You are the consul - is that right ? A big , cool guy on the beach directed me here . Thought ...
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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 Dicky Doctor Gregg dollars Don Sabas door drink El Nacional Estebán eyes face Felipe flag Frank Goodwin friends Geddie graft grass Guatemala hand head Hemstetter honour Johnny Johnny's Karlsefin lady land looked Losada Madama Maloney Mellinger morning native navy never night Number Olivarra Orleans paint Pasa pesos phonograph picture President Miraflores republic Rosine sail says seemed Señor Goodwin señorita shoes shore sloop smile Smith 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
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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,...