Cabbages and KingsDoubleday, Page, 1912 - 344 pagine |
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Pagina 111
... kind of drink to be had with every tune . The natives had acquirements of a pleasant think in the way of a drink that gums itself to the recollection . They chop off the end of a green cocoanut , and pour in on the juice of it French ...
... kind of drink to be had with every tune . The natives had acquirements of a pleasant think in the way of a drink that gums itself to the recollection . They chop off the end of a green cocoanut , and pour in on the juice of it French ...
Pagina 112
... and search visit- ing statesmen for dirks and dynamite ; but in the back room I dictate the policy of the government . You'd never guess in the world how I got my pull . It's the only graft of its kind on earth . 112 Cabbages and Kings.
... and search visit- ing statesmen for dirks and dynamite ; but in the back room I dictate the policy of the government . You'd never guess in the world how I got my pull . It's the only graft of its kind on earth . 112 Cabbages and Kings.
Pagina 113
O. Henry. It's the only graft of its kind on earth . I'll put you wise . You remember the old top - liner in the copy book - " Honesty is the Best Policy ? " That's it . I'm working honesty for a graft . I'm the only honest man in the ...
O. Henry. It's the only graft of its kind on earth . I'll put you wise . You remember the old top - liner in the copy book - " Honesty is the Best Policy ? " That's it . I'm working honesty for a graft . I'm the only honest man in the ...
Pagina 115
... kind of fretful . " They're capitalized by a foreign syndicate after rub- ber , and they're loaded to the muzzle for bribing . I'm sick , ' goes on Mellinger , ' of comic opera . I want to smell East River and wear suspenders again . At ...
... kind of fretful . " They're capitalized by a foreign syndicate after rub- ber , and they're loaded to the muzzle for bribing . I'm sick , ' goes on Mellinger , ' of comic opera . I want to smell East River and wear suspenders again . At ...
Pagina 118
... kind of man , who took his own time . Yes , he was full of attention and immediateness . He leaned his hands on the ta- ble and imposed his face toward the secretary man . " Do the American señors understand Spanish ? ' he asks in his ...
... kind of man , who took his own time . Yes , he was full of attention and immediateness . He leaned his hands on the ta- ble and imposed his face toward the secretary man . " Do the American señors understand Spanish ? ' he asks in his ...
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