Cabbages and KingsDoubleday, Page & Company for Review of Reviews Company, 1904 - 344 pagine |
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Pagina 84
... was a queer , pinkish look about Rosine's eyes ; and had the two been alone , the United States might have had to cast about for another consul . But Pink Dawson was there , of course , talking about 84 Cabbages and Kings.
... was a queer , pinkish look about Rosine's eyes ; and had the two been alone , the United States might have had to cast about for another consul . But Pink Dawson was there , of course , talking about 84 Cabbages and Kings.
Pagina 85
O. Henry. Pink Dawson was there , of course , talking about his 400 - acre orchard , and the three - mile alfalfa tract , and the 200 - acre pasture . So Johnny shook hands with Rosine as coolly as if he were only going to run up to ...
O. Henry. Pink Dawson was there , of course , talking about his 400 - acre orchard , and the three - mile alfalfa tract , and the 200 - acre pasture . So Johnny shook hands with Rosine as coolly as if he were only going to run up to ...
Pagina 87
... talk about farms . There are none here , are there ? " " Not the kind you are acquainted with , " answered the ex - consul . " There is no such art here as agri- culture . There never was a plow or a reaper within the boundaries of ...
... talk about farms . There are none here , are there ? " " Not the kind you are acquainted with , " answered the ex - consul . " There is no such art here as agri- culture . There never was a plow or a reaper within the boundaries of ...
Pagina 88
... talk had dwindled before the stilling influence of an unusual night . There was a great , full moon ; and the sea was mother - of - pearl . Almost every sound was hushed , for the air was but faintly stirring ; and the town lay panting ...
... talk had dwindled before the stilling influence of an unusual night . There was a great , full moon ; and the sea was mother - of - pearl . Almost every sound was hushed , for the air was but faintly stirring ; and the town lay panting ...
Pagina 102
... talk to you people . I've been pained for years on account of not having anybody to blow off and brag to . I get homesick sometimes , and I'd swap the entire perquisites of office for just one hour to have a stein and a caviare sandwich ...
... talk to you people . I've been pained for years on account of not having anybody to blow off and brag to . I get homesick sometimes , and I'd swap the entire perquisites of office for just one hour to have a stein and a caviare sandwich ...
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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...