O. Henry: (William Sidney Porter)Martin and Hoyt Company, 1921 - 1 pagine |
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... asked to name in writing the author whose complete works , if placed in the library of every American battleship , would be most often called for . O. Henry led by two hundred votes , Mark Twain coming second . It will be re- called ...
... asked to name in writing the author whose complete works , if placed in the library of every American battleship , would be most often called for . O. Henry led by two hundred votes , Mark Twain coming second . It will be re- called ...
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... asked eagerly about our boyhood friends , recalling incidents and sayings and little funny things as if they had happened yesterday . Of his own achievement he spoke deprecatingly . No man of equal distinction ever lived who shunned ...
... asked eagerly about our boyhood friends , recalling incidents and sayings and little funny things as if they had happened yesterday . Of his own achievement he spoke deprecatingly . No man of equal distinction ever lived who shunned ...
Pagina 16
... asked of O'Keefe when there were a table and things in glasses between us . O'Keefe wiped his heated face and instigated a commo- tion among the floating ice in his glass before he chose to answer . " I am assisting at the wake , " said ...
... asked of O'Keefe when there were a table and things in glasses between us . O'Keefe wiped his heated face and instigated a commo- tion among the floating ice in his glass before he chose to answer . " I am assisting at the wake , " said ...
Pagina 16
... asked . " No , " said O'Keefe ; " but I'll give you the facts . You know I went down to Panama when this irritation about a canal began . I thought I'd get in on the ground floor . I did , and had to sleep on it , and drink water with ...
... asked . " No , " said O'Keefe ; " but I'll give you the facts . You know I went down to Panama when this irritation about a canal began . I thought I'd get in on the ground floor . I did , and had to sleep on it , and drink water with ...
Pagina 16
... American military court as long as ten minutes . He asked me my age , and then sentenced me to be shot . " They woke up the court interpreter , an American named Jenks , who was in the rum business and vice O. HENRY 2354S.
... American military court as long as ten minutes . He asked me my age , and then sentenced me to be shot . " They woke up the court interpreter , an American named Jenks , who was in the rum business and vice O. HENRY 2354S.
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