Cabbages and KingsDoubleday, Page, 1919 - 312 pagine |
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Pagina 60
... passing bird of brilliant plumage , Smith alights on this palmy shore but to preen his wings for an instant and then to fly away upon silent pin- ions . When morning dawned there was no Smith , no waiting gig , no yacht in the offing ...
... passing bird of brilliant plumage , Smith alights on this palmy shore but to preen his wings for an instant and then to fly away upon silent pin- ions . When morning dawned there was no Smith , no waiting gig , no yacht in the offing ...
Pagina 61
... passed , yawning , into history . So , for a time , must Smith pass behind the scenes of the play . He comes no more to Coralio nor to Doctor Gregg , who sits in vain , wagging his redun- dant beard , waiting to enrich his derelict ...
... passed , yawning , into history . So , for a time , must Smith pass behind the scenes of the play . He comes no more to Coralio nor to Doctor Gregg , who sits in vain , wagging his redun- dant beard , waiting to enrich his derelict ...
Pagina 64
... passed the long , low cuartel where Coralio's contingent of Anchuria's military force slumbered , with its bare toes pointed heavenward . There was a law that no civilian might come so near the headquarters of that citadel of war after ...
... passed the long , low cuartel where Coralio's contingent of Anchuria's military force slumbered , with its bare toes pointed heavenward . There was a law that no civilian might come so near the headquarters of that citadel of war after ...
Pagina 76
... passed quickly and noiselessly into the other room , and returned with the heavy leather valise , which she handed to the American with an air of patient contempt . Goodwin set the valise quickly upon the table and began to unfasten the ...
... passed quickly and noiselessly into the other room , and returned with the heavy leather valise , which she handed to the American with an air of patient contempt . Goodwin set the valise quickly upon the table and began to unfasten the ...
Pagina 93
... passed around some gold watches , screw case , stem - winders , Elgin movement , very elegant . Twenty bucks they cost you over the counter . At three dollars the crowd fought for the tickers . The man happened to find a valise full of ...
... passed around some gold watches , screw case , stem - winders , Elgin movement , very elegant . Twenty bucks they cost you over the counter . At three dollars the crowd fought for the tickers . The man happened to find a valise full of ...
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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 cool 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 Karlsefin lady land looked Losada Madama Maloney Mellinger morning native never night Number Olivarra Orleans paint Pasa pesos phonograph picture President Miraflores president's republic revolution 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 tion took town trepanning tropics turned Twas valise Vega verree Vesuvius Wahrfield waiting walked White Winchester rifles yacht Zavalla