Cabbages and KingsA. L. Burt Company, 1904 - 312 pagine O. Henry wove together several stories into this highly episodic narrative. Set in the fictional country of Coralio in Central America, a banana republic where larceny is rampant and revolution lurks in every impoverished back alley, this novel offers cutting satire of contemporary politics and prejudices. Yet, in the end, lovers are reunited, poverty obliterated, and sentiment satisfied. |
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Pagina 163
... Twas Guatemala , then - the hot one I've been filibusterin ' with . Ye'll find that country on the map . " Tis in the district known as the tropics . By the foresight of Providence , it lies on the coast so the geography man could run ...
... Twas Guatemala , then - the hot one I've been filibusterin ' with . Ye'll find that country on the map . " Tis in the district known as the tropics . By the foresight of Providence , it lies on the coast so the geography man could run ...
Pagina 164
... Twas curiosity made me pull up the loose top and look in- side . The box was packed full of Winchester rifles . So , so , ' says I to myself ; ' somebody's gettin ' a twist on the neutrality laws . Somebody's aidin ' with munitions of ...
... Twas curiosity made me pull up the loose top and look in- side . The box was packed full of Winchester rifles . So , so , ' says I to myself ; ' somebody's gettin ' a twist on the neutrality laws . Somebody's aidin ' with munitions of ...
Pagina 167
... , ' says I , haughty . I'll pay my own passage . ' A hundred and eighty dollars I had in my inside pocket , and ' twas no common filibuster I was goin ' to be , filibusterin ' for me board The Shamrock and the Palm 167.
... , ' says I , haughty . I'll pay my own passage . ' A hundred and eighty dollars I had in my inside pocket , and ' twas no common filibuster I was goin ' to be , filibusterin ' for me board The Shamrock and the Palm 167.
Pagina 168
... Twas a fine Chinchilla overcoat , Arctic overshoes , fur cap and earmuffs , with elegant fleece- lined gloves and woolen muffler . " Carrambos ! ' says the little general . What clothes are these that shall go to the tropic ? ' And then ...
... Twas a fine Chinchilla overcoat , Arctic overshoes , fur cap and earmuffs , with elegant fleece- lined gloves and woolen muffler . " Carrambos ! ' says the little general . What clothes are these that shall go to the tropic ? ' And then ...
Pagina 169
... Twas a blue country , and not yel- low as ' tis miscolored on the map . We landed at a town on the coast , where a train of cars was waitin ' for us on a dinky little railroad . The boxes on the steamer were brought ashore and loaded on ...
... Twas a blue country , and not yel- low as ' tis miscolored on the map . We landed at a town on the coast , where a train of cars was waitin ' for us on a dinky little railroad . The boxes on the steamer were brought ashore and loaded on ...
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admiral aguardiente American Anchuria Atwood bananas beach Beelzebub Billy Keogh Blythe boat bottle captain Caribs Casa Morena chair cigar Clancy coast cocoanut Colonel Falcon consul Coralio crew Dalesburg dark Dicky dollars Don Sabas door drink El Nacional Estebán eyes face Felipe flag friends Geddie graft grass Gregg Guatemala hand head Hemstetter honour Johnny Johnny's Karlsefin lady land laughed looked Losada Madama Maloney Mellinger morning native never night Number Olivarra Orleans paint Pasa pesos phonograph picture President Miraflores president's republic Rosine sail sand says seemed Señor Goodwin señorita shoes shore sloop smile smoke Spanish Spanish Main steamer steps stood street tell there's thing thousand tintype took town trepanning tropics turned Twas valise Vega verree Vesuvius Wahrfield waiting walked White Winchester rifles yacht Zavalla