Complete Writings of O. Henry [i.e. W.S. Porter]Doubleday, Page, 1917 |
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Pagina 3
... hand in the coast town of Coralio ; that he had reached thus far in flight from the incon- veniences of an imminent revolution ; and that one hundred thousand dollars , government funds , which he carried with him in an American leather ...
... hand in the coast town of Coralio ; that he had reached thus far in flight from the incon- veniences of an imminent revolution ; and that one hundred thousand dollars , government funds , which he carried with him in an American leather ...
Pagina 5
... hands at the table of Señora Goodwin . Were you to refer ( with your northern prejudices ) to the vivacious past of Mrs. Goodwin when her audacious and gleeful abandon in light opera captured the mature president's fancy , or to her ...
... hands at the table of Señora Goodwin . Were you to refer ( with your northern prejudices ) to the vivacious past of Mrs. Goodwin when her audacious and gleeful abandon in light opera captured the mature president's fancy , or to her ...
Pagina 11
... hand beside his mouth and shouted : " Hey ! Frank ! " in such a robustious voice that the feeble clamour of the natives was drowned and silenced . Fifty yards away , on the seaward side of the street , stood the abode of the consul for ...
... hand beside his mouth and shouted : " Hey ! Frank ! " in such a robustious voice that the feeble clamour of the natives was drowned and silenced . Fifty yards away , on the seaward side of the street , stood the abode of the consul for ...
Pagina 16
... hands means a game of Fox - in - the - Morn- ing . Ever play that , Frank , when you was a kid ? ” " I think so , ” said Goodwin , laughing . " You join hands all ' round , and- 99 " You do not , " interrupted Keogh . " You've got a ...
... hands means a game of Fox - in - the - Morn- ing . Ever play that , Frank , when you was a kid ? ” " I think so , ” said Goodwin , laughing . " You join hands all ' round , and- 99 " You do not , " interrupted Keogh . " You've got a ...
Pagina 19
... hand , and this muslin siren in the other , galloping down hill on a sym- pathetic mule amid songbirds and flowers ! And here is Billy Keogh , because he is virtuous , condemned to the unprofitable swindle of slandering the faces of ...
... hand , and this muslin siren in the other , galloping down hill on a sym- pathetic mule amid songbirds and flowers ! And here is Billy Keogh , because he is virtuous , condemned to the unprofitable swindle of slandering the faces of ...
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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,...