O. Henry: (William Sidney Porter)Martin and Hoyt Company, 1921 - 1 pagine |
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Pagina 13
... dollars a story . The responsibility thus imposed , with all that it promised of release from need and un- certainty , was a challenge that evoked for the first time in his life every ounce of energy and determination that he possessed ...
... dollars a story . The responsibility thus imposed , with all that it promised of release from need and un- certainty , was a challenge that evoked for the first time in his life every ounce of energy and determination that he possessed ...
Pagina 16
... dollar in his pocket . No story that he ever composed brings him back so vividly to me as do the lines that he wrote about himself to a stranger : " I was born and raised in ' No'th Ca'llina ' and at eighteen went to Texas and ran wild ...
... dollar in his pocket . No story that he ever composed brings him back so vividly to me as do the lines that he wrote about himself to a stranger : " I was born and raised in ' No'th Ca'llina ' and at eighteen went to Texas and ran wild ...
Pagina 17
... dollar to one of the guards to send for the United States consul . He comes around in pajamas , with a pair of glasses on his nose and a dozen or two inside of him . " I'm to be shot in two weeks , ' says I. ' And although I've made a ...
... dollar to one of the guards to send for the United States consul . He comes around in pajamas , with a pair of glasses on his nose and a dozen or two inside of him . " I'm to be shot in two weeks , ' says I. ' And although I've made a ...
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... dollar , two real pieces , and a medio . ' " " Then if you've any last words , utter ' em , ' says that old reb . " The roster of your financial budget sounds quite much to me like the noise of a requiem . ' " Change the treatment ...
... dollar , two real pieces , and a medio . ' " " Then if you've any last words , utter ' em , ' says that old reb . " The roster of your financial budget sounds quite much to me like the noise of a requiem . ' " Change the treatment ...
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... dollars was paid to the officials in bribes to let you go . ' " Man ! ' says I , sitting down hard - twelve thousand ... dollar of it . Now do you see why you'd better leave before they try to pass some of it on an expert ? ' kin . 66 ...
... dollars was paid to the officials in bribes to let you go . ' " Man ! ' says I , sitting down hard - twelve thousand ... dollar of it . Now do you see why you'd better leave before they try to pass some of it on an expert ? ' kin . 66 ...
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Pagina 15 - Hesperian curls — the front of Job himself ! — An eye, like March, to threaten at command ! — A station, like Harry Mercury, new — '* Something about kissing — on a hill— however, the similitude struck me directly.