Complete Writings of O. Henry [i.e. W.S. Porter]Doubleday, Page, 1917 |
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... his favorite strip of matting on the floor . 196 · " Go you , picarilla , " said Dicky joyously to Pasa , " to the American consul . speak with him " . Tell him I wish to • 230 CABBAGES AND KINGS CABBAGES AND KINGS THE PROEM BY THE ix.
... his favorite strip of matting on the floor . 196 · " Go you , picarilla , " said Dicky joyously to Pasa , " to the American consul . speak with him " . Tell him I wish to • 230 CABBAGES AND KINGS CABBAGES AND KINGS THE PROEM BY THE ix.
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O. Henry. CABBAGES AND KINGS THE PROEM BY THE CARPENTER HEY will tell you in Anchuria , that 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 ...
O. Henry. CABBAGES AND KINGS THE PROEM BY THE CARPENTER HEY will tell you in Anchuria , that 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 ...
Pagina 8
... tell of many things . Per- haps to the promiscuous ear of the Walrus it shall come with most avail ; for in it there are indeed shoes and ships and sealing - wax and cabbage - palms and presidents instead of kings . Add to these a ...
... tell of many things . Per- haps to the promiscuous ear of the Walrus it shall come with most avail ; for in it there are indeed shoes and ships and sealing - wax and cabbage - palms and presidents instead of kings . Add to these a ...
Pagina 16
... tell you how it's played . This president man and his companion in play , they stand up over in San Mateo , ready for the run , and shout : ' Fox - in - the- Morning ! ' Me and you , standing here , we say : ' Goose and the Gander ...
... tell you how it's played . This president man and his companion in play , they stand up over in San Mateo , ready for the run , and shout : ' Fox - in - the- Morning ! ' Me and you , standing here , we say : ' Goose and the Gander ...
Pagina 21
... tell , I believe , " said Good- win , with a mischievous look in his eye , " except that old Geddie is getting grumpier and crosser every day . If something doesn't happen to relieve his mind I'll have to quit smoking on his back porch ...
... tell , I believe , " said Good- win , with a mischievous look in his eye , " except that old Geddie is getting grumpier and crosser every day . If something doesn't happen to relieve his mind I'll have to quit smoking on his back porch ...
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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,...