Complete Writings of O. Henry [i.e. W.S. Porter]Doubleday, Page, 1917 |
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Pagina 19
... faces of missing links on tin for an honest living ! ' Tis an in- justice of nature . " " You are a pretty " Cheer up , " said Goodwin . poor fox to be envying a gander . Maybe the en- chanting Guilbert will take a fancy to you and your ...
... faces of missing links on tin for an honest living ! ' Tis an in- justice of nature . " " You are a pretty " Cheer up , " said Goodwin . poor fox to be envying a gander . Maybe the en- chanting Guilbert will take a fancy to you and your ...
Pagina 41
... face and languid in pose . On that 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 ...
... face and languid in pose . On that 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 ...
Pagina 46
... 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 one of the Southern states . That city feared the ancient enemy of every ...
... 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 one of the Southern states . That city feared the ancient enemy of every ...
Pagina 47
... ragged linen trousers girded by a leather belt . His face was like an animal's , live and wary , but without promise of much intelligence . This man jabbered with ani- mation and so much seriousness that it seemed a pity 47 SMITH.
... ragged linen trousers girded by a leather belt . His face was like an animal's , live and wary , but without promise of much intelligence . This man jabbered with ani- mation and so much seriousness that it seemed a pity 47 SMITH.
Pagina 48
... face . Next he pulled out his watch and ran his finger round its dial twice . Again the two fingers confronted the patient's nose . -two - two hours , " repeated the doctor . " Si , Señor , " said the native , sadly . " Two He pulled a ...
... face . Next he pulled out his watch and ran his finger round its dial twice . Again the two fingers confronted the patient's nose . -two - two hours , " repeated the doctor . " Si , Señor , " said the native , sadly . " Two He pulled a ...
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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,...