Complete Writings of O. Henry [i.e. W.S. Porter]Doubleday, Page, 1917 |
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Pagina 3
... President Miraflores , of that volatile republic , died by his own 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 ...
... President Miraflores , of that volatile republic , died by his own 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 ...
Pagina 4
... president ; how he strove to escape from the country with the public funds and also with Doña Isabel Guilbert , the young American opera singer ; and how , being apprehended by members of the opposing po- litical party in Coralio , he ...
... president ; how he strove to escape from the country with the public funds and also with Doña Isabel Guilbert , the young American opera singer ; and how , being apprehended by members of the opposing po- litical party in Coralio , he ...
Pagina 5
... president's fancy , or to her share in that statesman's downfall and mal- feasance , the Latin shrug of the shoulder would be your only answer and rebuttal . What prejudices there were in Coralio concerning Señora Goodwin seemed now to ...
... president's fancy , or to her share in that statesman's downfall and mal- feasance , the Latin shrug of the shoulder would be your only answer and rebuttal . What prejudices there were in Coralio concerning Señora Goodwin seemed now to ...
Pagina 6
... 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 mound . Elsewhere than ...
... 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 mound . Elsewhere than ...
Pagina 8
... and cabbage - palms and presidents instead of kings . Add to these a little love and counterplotting , and scatter everywhere throughout the maze a trail of tropical dollars - dollars warmed no more by the tor- 8 CABBAGES AND KINGS.
... and cabbage - palms and presidents instead of kings . Add to these a little love and counterplotting , and scatter everywhere throughout the maze a trail of tropical dollars - dollars warmed no more by the tor- 8 CABBAGES AND KINGS.
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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,...