Complete Writings of O. Henry [i.e. W.S. Porter]Doubleday, Page, 1917 |
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Pagina 4
... , in the very moment when Fortune had ceased to smile , wresting from her a gift greater than the prize withdrawn . Of the American , Don Frank Goodwin , and of his wife the natives have nothing but good to say . 4 CABBAGES AND KINGS.
... , in the very moment when Fortune had ceased to smile , wresting from her a gift greater than the prize withdrawn . Of the American , Don Frank Goodwin , and of his wife the natives have nothing but good to say . 4 CABBAGES AND KINGS.
Pagina 7
... smiling . For there are yet tales of the Spanish Main . That segment of continent washed by the tempestuous Caribbean , and presenting to the sea a formidable border of tropical jungle topped by the overweening Cordilleras , is still ...
... smiling . For there are yet tales of the Spanish Main . That segment of continent washed by the tempestuous Caribbean , and presenting to the sea a formidable border of tropical jungle topped by the overweening Cordilleras , is still ...
Pagina 10
... smiling jailer , but even more incorrupt- ible than the frowning mountains . The waves swished along the smooth beach ; the parrots screamed in the orange and ceiba - trees ; the palms waved their limber fronds foolishly like an awkward ...
... smiling jailer , but even more incorrupt- ible than the frowning mountains . The waves swished along the smooth beach ; the parrots screamed in the orange and ceiba - trees ; the palms waved their limber fronds foolishly like an awkward ...
Pagina 21
... smile . There was little dif- ference in his manner whether he addressed women or men . Everybody in Coralio liked to receive the salu- tation of the big American . Please don't " Is there any news , Mr. Goodwin ? say no . Isn't it warm ...
... smile . There was little dif- ference in his manner whether he addressed women or men . Everybody in Coralio liked to receive the salu- tation of the big American . Please don't " Is there any news , Mr. Goodwin ? say no . Isn't it warm ...
Pagina 32
... but certain capital let- ters , of which he caught comprehensive glimpses , were Ida's , he felt sure . There was a little smile both of perplexity and He amusement in Geddie's eyes as he set the bottle 32 CABBAGES AND KINGS.
... but certain capital let- ters , of which he caught comprehensive glimpses , were Ida's , he felt sure . There was a little smile both of perplexity and He amusement in Geddie's eyes as he set the bottle 32 CABBAGES AND KINGS.
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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,...