O. Henry: (William Sidney Porter)Martin and Hoyt Company, 1921 - 1 pagine |
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Pagina 10
... and arena . O. Henry entered Europe via the French trenches because the French trenches spelled the common denominator of human nature . " O. Henry was our greatest 2354A literary discovery during the war , " writes John o'London.1 I.
... and arena . O. Henry entered Europe via the French trenches because the French trenches spelled the common denominator of human nature . " O. Henry was our greatest 2354A literary discovery during the war , " writes John o'London.1 I.
Pagina 11
... writes John o'London.1 " He was medicinal . He distracted us from intolerable things . His name is as familiar as that of Kipling , Conan Doyle , or Jacobs . " Writing of actual life in the trenches Frank A. Lewis2 reports that , when ...
... writes John o'London.1 " He was medicinal . He distracted us from intolerable things . His name is as familiar as that of Kipling , Conan Doyle , or Jacobs . " Writing of actual life in the trenches Frank A. Lewis2 reports that , when ...
Pagina 14
... writes of " the petitionary music of a violin , " the rattle of cabs and “ the snarling of the electric cars , " " the stale infestivity of a table d'hôte , " " a flashy fellow with a predatory eye , " a tramp obeying his surly master ...
... writes of " the petitionary music of a violin , " the rattle of cabs and “ the snarling of the electric cars , " " the stale infestivity of a table d'hôte , " " a flashy fellow with a predatory eye , " a tramp obeying his surly master ...
Pagina 16
... writes the English critic already quoted , 1 " he has probably never been sur- passed either in fertility or ingenuity . " But the critics have overlooked the art of O. Henry's beginnings . It is the masterly beginning that makes ...
... writes the English critic already quoted , 1 " he has probably never been sur- passed either in fertility or ingenuity . " But the critics have overlooked the art of O. Henry's beginnings . It is the masterly beginning that makes ...
Pagina 16
... Write to please yourself , " he said . Do not be swerved by the presupposed tastes or expectations of any magazine or newspaper or reading public . The advice has been called worthless , but it is the only advice that genius , if true ...
... Write to please yourself , " he said . Do not be swerved by the presupposed tastes or expectations of any magazine or newspaper or reading public . The advice has been called worthless , but it is the only advice that genius , if true ...
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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.