Cabbages and KingsDoubleday, Page & Company for Review of Reviews Company, 1904 - 344 pagine |
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Pagina 66
... stood in the quiet street , lighting another cigar . In two minutes a faint gleam began to show between the slats of the jalousies in the upper story of the hotel . " They have engaged rooms , " said Goodwin to himself . 66 So , then ...
... stood in the quiet street , lighting another cigar . In two minutes a faint gleam began to show between the slats of the jalousies in the upper story of the hotel . " They have engaged rooms , " said Goodwin to himself . 66 So , then ...
Pagina 68
... stood upon the bar . She was about to take a thimbleful of rum as a solace for having her rest disturbed . She looked up without surprise or alarm as her third caller entered . " Ah ! it is the Señor Goodwin . Not often does he honour ...
... stood upon the bar . She was about to take a thimbleful of rum as a solace for having her rest disturbed . She looked up without surprise or alarm as her third caller entered . " Ah ! it is the Señor Goodwin . Not often does he honour ...
Pagina 72
... ended . " The lady arose from her chair and stood for a mo- ment , thinking deeply . " Do you live here , Mr. Goodwin ? " she asked , presently . " Yes . " " What is your authority for this intrusion ? 66 72 Cabbages and Kings.
... ended . " The lady arose from her chair and stood for a mo- ment , thinking deeply . " Do you live here , Mr. Goodwin ? " she asked , presently . " Yes . " " What is your authority for this intrusion ? 66 72 Cabbages and Kings.
Pagina 75
... stood in the garden I know that the apple would have been eaten . This woman was to be Goodwin's fate , and he did not know it ; but he must have felt the first throes of destiny , for , as he faced her , the knowledge of what report ...
... stood in the garden I know that the apple would have been eaten . This woman was to be Goodwin's fate , and he did not know it ; but he must have felt the first throes of destiny , for , as he faced her , the knowledge of what report ...
Pagina 76
... stood by , with an expression of infinite scorn and weariness upon her face . The valise opened wide to a powerful , sidelong wrench . Goodwin dragged out two or three articles of clothing , exposing the bulk of its contents — package ...
... stood by , with an expression of infinite scorn and weariness upon her face . The valise opened wide to a powerful , sidelong wrench . Goodwin dragged out two or three articles of clothing , exposing the bulk of its contents — package ...
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Pagina 14 - Nibj skedaddled yesterday per jack-rabbit line with all the coin in the kitty and the bundle of muslin he's spoony about. The boodle is six figures short. Our crowd in good shape, but we need the spondulicks. You collar it. The main guy and the dry goods are headed for the briny. You know what to do. BOB.
Pagina 59 - The mountains reached up their bulky shoulders to receive the level gallop of Apollo's homing steeds, the day died in the lagoons and in the shadowed banana groves and in the mangrove swamps, where the great blue crabs were beginning to crawl to land for their nightly ramble. And it died, at last, upon the highest peaks. Then the brief twilight, ephemeral as the flight of a moth, came and went; the Southern Cross peeped with its topmost eye above a row of palms, and the fire-flies heralded with their...
Pagina 11 - CORALIO reclined, in the mid-day heat, like some vacuous beauty lounging in a guarded harem. The town lay at the sea's edge on a strip of alluvial coast. It was set like a little pearl in an emerald band. Behind it, and seeming almost to topple, imminent, above it, rose the sea-following range of the Cordilleras.
Pagina 234 - He was the absolute despot and the idol of his people. The wealth of the country poured into his hands. Other presidents had been rapacious without reason. Losada amassed enormous wealth, but his people had their share of the benefits. The joint in his armor was his insatiate passion for monuments and tokens commemorating his glory. In every town he caused to be erected statues of himself bearing legends in praise of his greatness. In the walls of every public edifice, tablets were fixed reciting...