O. Henry: (William Sidney Porter)Martin and Hoyt Company, 1921 - 1 pagine |
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Pagina 16
... stood to see them march , beneath the tangled flags of the great conflict , to the hall of their oratory and commemoration . While the irregular and halting line was passing I made onslaught upon it and dragged forth from the ranks my ...
... stood to see them march , beneath the tangled flags of the great conflict , to the hall of their oratory and commemoration . While the irregular and halting line was passing I made onslaught upon it and dragged forth from the ranks my ...
Pagina 17
... stood up against a ' dobe wall and shot in two or three weeks - three , I think , they said . ' " " Would you mind asking ' em which ? ' says I. ' A week don't amount to much after you are dead , but it seems a real nice long spell ...
... stood up against a ' dobe wall and shot in two or three weeks - three , I think , they said . ' " " Would you mind asking ' em which ? ' says I. ' A week don't amount to much after you are dead , but it seems a real nice long spell ...
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... stood pictures of General Kitchener , William Muldoon , the Duchess of Marlborough , and Benvenuto Cellini . Against one wall was a plaster of Paris plaque of an O'Callahan in a Roman helmet . Near it was a violent oleograph of a lemon ...
... stood pictures of General Kitchener , William Muldoon , the Duchess of Marlborough , and Benvenuto Cellini . Against one wall was a plaster of Paris plaque of an O'Callahan in a Roman helmet . Near it was a violent oleograph of a lemon ...
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... stood there with a spurious smile , sniffing for cook- ing by stolen gas . " A gentleman's downstairs to see you , " she said . " Name is Mr. Wiggins . " By such epithet was Piggy known to unfortunate ones who had to take him seriously ...
... stood there with a spurious smile , sniffing for cook- ing by stolen gas . " A gentleman's downstairs to see you , " she said . " Name is Mr. Wiggins . " By such epithet was Piggy known to unfortunate ones who had to take him seriously ...
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... stood by the window and looked out dully at a grey cat walking a grey fence in a grey backyard . To - morrow would be Christmas Day , and she had only $ 1.87 with which to buy Jim a present . She had been saving every penny she could ...
... stood by the window and looked out dully at a grey cat walking a grey fence in a grey backyard . To - morrow would be Christmas Day , and she had only $ 1.87 with which to buy Jim a present . She had been saving every penny she could ...
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ain't ALPHONSO SMITH American asked Austin Barnard O'Keefe beautiful Benvenuto Benvenuto Cellini blunder called calomel characters Christmas City Coney Island Confederate dinner dollar and eighty-seven dollars a week dollars per week door Doubleday dresser Dulcie's eighty-seven cents environment eyes flavor flute Four Million furnished room gifts girls give going Greensboro hair heart Henry's humor human James Dillingham Young Jeff Jim's kind Kitchener knew landlady Latin-American lived look magi Malaprop Mark Twain minutes nation never North Carolina pennies Piggy plot powder quick ranch release Roads of Destiny Rolling Stone says the consul seemed shining shot six dollars sold SOUTHERN LITERATURE Southerner spell stage Stars and Bars Stonewall Jackson stood story surprise talk tell Texas theme there's thought tion Uncle Sam watch William Muldoon William Sidney Porter window wise wonderful words World Yank York
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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.