O. Henry: (William Sidney Porter)Martin and Hoyt Company, 1921 - 1 pagine |
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... seemed exhausted , for the world had been reduced to the bare elementals again . But the elemental facts of human nature , the essential traits of the human heart , are precisely those that gave O. Henry both theme and arena . O. Henry ...
... seemed exhausted , for the world had been reduced to the bare elementals again . But the elemental facts of human nature , the essential traits of the human heart , are precisely those that gave O. Henry both theme and arena . O. Henry ...
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... seemed as if Colombia was going to make Panama look like one of the $ 3.98 kind , with dents made in it in the factory , like they wear at North Beach fish fries . For mine , I played the straw - hat crowd to win ; and they gave me a ...
... seemed as if Colombia was going to make Panama look like one of the $ 3.98 kind , with dents made in it in the factory , like they wear at North Beach fish fries . For mine , I played the straw - hat crowd to win ; and they gave me a ...
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... seemed to me a kind of hocus - pocus ; and I don't believe any life - insur- ance company in the country would have issued me a policy on the strength of ' em . " Doc went away saying he would communicate with his government immediately ...
... seemed to me a kind of hocus - pocus ; and I don't believe any life - insur- ance company in the country would have issued me a policy on the strength of ' em . " Doc went away saying he would communicate with his government immediately ...
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... seemed there was some trouble about their real estate titles ; and they did not appear to be getting any of us out . A fly cop - an angel policeman - flew over to me and took me by the left wing . Near at hand was a group of very ...
... seemed there was some trouble about their real estate titles ; and they did not appear to be getting any of us out . A fly cop - an angel policeman - flew over to me and took me by the left wing . Near at hand was a group of very ...
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... seemed quickly to wake . He en- folded his Della . For ten seconds let us regard with discreet scrutiny some inconsequential object in the other direction . Eight dollars a week or a million a year - what is the differ- ence ? A ...
... seemed quickly to wake . He en- folded his Della . For ten seconds let us regard with discreet scrutiny some inconsequential object in the other direction . Eight dollars a week or a million a year - what is the differ- ence ? A ...
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