Complete Writings of O. Henry [i.e. W.S. Porter]Doubleday, Page, 1917 |
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Pagina 4
... say , in Coralio , that she found a prompt and prosperous tide in the form of Frank Goodwin , an American resident of the town , an investor who had grown wealthy by dealing in the products of the coun- try - a banana king , a rubber ...
... say , in Coralio , that she found a prompt and prosperous tide in the form of Frank Goodwin , an American resident of the town , an investor who had grown wealthy by dealing in the products of the coun- try - a banana king , a rubber ...
Pagina 5
O. Henry. wife the natives have nothing but good to say . Don Frank has lived among them for years , and has com- pelled their respect . His lady is easily queen of what social life the sober coast affords . The wife of the governor of ...
O. Henry. wife the natives have nothing but good to say . Don Frank has lived among them for years , and has com- pelled their respect . His lady is easily queen of what social life the sober coast affords . The wife of the governor of ...
Pagina 16
... say : ' Goose and the Gander ! ' They say : ' How many miles is it to London town ? ' We say : ' Only a few , if your legs are long enough . How many comes out ? ' They say : ' More than you're able to catch . ' then the game commences ...
... say : ' Goose and the Gander ! ' They say : ' How many miles is it to London town ? ' We say : ' Only a few , if your legs are long enough . How many comes out ? ' They say : ' More than you're able to catch . ' then the game commences ...
Pagina 19
... say she's got all the ladies of mythology , sculp- ture , and fiction reduced to chromos . They say she can look at a man once , and he'll turn monkey and climb trees to pick cocoanuts for her . Think of that president man with Lord ...
... say she's got all the ladies of mythology , sculp- ture , and fiction reduced to chromos . They say she can look at a man once , and he'll turn monkey and climb trees to pick cocoanuts for her . Think of that president man with Lord ...
Pagina 21
... say no . Isn't it warm ? I feel just like Mariana in her moated grange — or was it a range ? —it's hot enough . ” " No , there's no news to tell , I believe , " said Good- win , with a mischievous look in his eye , " except that old ...
... say no . Isn't it warm ? I feel just like Mariana in her moated grange — or was it a range ? —it's hot enough . ” " No , there's no news to tell , I believe , " said Good- win , with a mischievous look in his eye , " except that old ...
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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,...