Complete Writings of O. Henry [i.e. W.S. Porter]Doubleday, Page, 1917 |
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Pagina 6
... keep green the grave of President Miraflores by one who never saw that unfortunate statesman in life or in death , and why that one was wont to walk in the twilight , casting from a distance looks of gentle sadness upon that unhonoured ...
... keep green the grave of President Miraflores by one who never saw that unfortunate statesman in life or in death , and why that one was wont to walk in the twilight , casting from a distance looks of gentle sadness upon that unhonoured ...
Pagina 18
... Keep the matter quiet , Billy , " advised Goodwin . " We don't want the Ins to know that the president is in flight . I suppose Bob's information is something of a scoop in the capital as yet . Otherwise he would not have tried to make ...
... Keep the matter quiet , Billy , " advised Goodwin . " We don't want the Ins to know that the president is in flight . I suppose Bob's information is something of a scoop in the capital as yet . Otherwise he would not have tried to make ...
Pagina 39
... keep a strict and unrelenting watch . Every vessel that approached the shores might now be considered a possible means of escape for the fugi- tives ; and an eye was kept even on the sloops and dories that belonged to the sea - going ...
... keep a strict and unrelenting watch . Every vessel that approached the shores might now be considered a possible means of escape for the fugi- tives ; and an eye was kept even on the sloops and dories that belonged to the sea - going ...
Pagina 43
... 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 I'd pay ...
... 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 I'd pay ...
Pagina 54
... keep close watch . Goodwin held himself responsible for the district about Coralio . The news of the president's flight had been dis- closed to no one in the coast towns save trusted mem- bers of the ambitious political party that was ...
... keep close watch . Goodwin held himself responsible for the district about Coralio . The news of the president's flight had been dis- closed to no one in the coast towns save trusted mem- bers of the ambitious political party that was ...
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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,...