Complete Writings of O. Henry [i.e. W.S. Porter]Doubleday, Page, 1917 |
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Pagina 57
... minutes a faint gleam began to show between the slats of the jalousies in the upper story of the hotel . " They have engaged rooms , ' said Goodwin to himself . " So , then , their arrangements for sailing have yet to be made . " 99 At ...
... minutes a faint gleam began to show between the slats of the jalousies in the upper story of the hotel . " They have engaged rooms , ' said Goodwin to himself . " So , then , their arrangements for sailing have yet to be made . " 99 At ...
Pagina 80
... minutes and seconds industrious and beauti- ful . So , this man I was speaking of cleaned up $ 288 ; and then he went away , because he knew that when it came time to wind watches in Little Rock an ento- mologist would be needed , and ...
... minutes and seconds industrious and beauti- ful . So , this man I was speaking of cleaned up $ 288 ; and then he went away , because he knew that when it came time to wind watches in Little Rock an ento- mologist would be needed , and ...
Pagina 87
... minutes . There isn't big money in it , but it's a sure thing , and lets a man sleep of nights . ' " Thus Homer P. Mellinger made oration to me and Henry Horsecollar . And , later , he divested himself of this remark : " Boys , I'm to ...
... minutes . There isn't big money in it , but it's a sure thing , and lets a man sleep of nights . ' " Thus Homer P. Mellinger made oration to me and Henry Horsecollar . And , later , he divested himself of this remark : " Boys , I'm to ...
Pagina 94
... It took us just three minutes to get out of that street around to military headquarters , where Mel- linger had things his own way . A colonel and a battalion of bare - toed infantry turned out and went 94 CABBAGES AND KINGS.
... It took us just three minutes to get out of that street around to military headquarters , where Mel- linger had things his own way . A colonel and a battalion of bare - toed infantry turned out and went 94 CABBAGES AND KINGS.
Pagina 100
... minutes . He crossed a patio , shaded with deftly arranged awnings and plants , and entered a long room looking upon the sea in the opposite wing of the house . The broad jalousies were opened wide , and the ocean breeze flowed in ...
... minutes . He crossed a patio , shaded with deftly arranged awnings and plants , and entered a long room looking upon the sea in the opposite wing of the house . The broad jalousies were opened wide , and the ocean breeze flowed in ...
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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,...