Cabbages and KingsDoubleday, Page, 1919 - 312 pagine A series of stories which each explore some individual aspect of life in a paralytically sleepy Central American town while each advancing some aspect of the larger plot and relating back one to another in a complex structure which slowly explicates its own background even as it painstakingly erects a town which is one of the most detailed literary creations of the period. In this book, O. Henry coined the term "banana republic." |
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Pagina 122
O. Henry. honourable thoughts . In Goodwin's steady eye and firm lineaments , moulded into material shape by the inward spirit of kindness and generosity and courage , there was nothing reconcilable with his words . As for his wife ...
O. Henry. honourable thoughts . In Goodwin's steady eye and firm lineaments , moulded into material shape by the inward spirit of kindness and generosity and courage , there was nothing reconcilable with his words . As for his wife ...
Pagina 129
... - chief . " I thought I could do it , but I couldn't , " he mut- tered to himself after a time . " A gentleman can't blackmail the man that he drinks with . " VIII THE ADMIRAL SPILLED milk draws few tears from an Money Maze 129.
... - chief . " I thought I could do it , but I couldn't , " he mut- tered to himself after a time . " A gentleman can't blackmail the man that he drinks with . " VIII THE ADMIRAL SPILLED milk draws few tears from an Money Maze 129.
Pagina 150
... minds had been their departure from that critical shore ; and now that the hazard was so far reduced their thoughts were loosed to the consideration of further deliver- ance . But when they saw the sloop turn and 150 Cabbages and Kings.
... minds had been their departure from that critical shore ; and now that the hazard was so far reduced their thoughts were loosed to the consideration of further deliver- ance . But when they saw the sloop turn and 150 Cabbages and Kings.
Pagina 163
... thought that was the cold one , " said Clancy , with a satisfied nod . " I'm always gettin ' the two names mixed . ' Twas Guatemala , then- the hot one - I've been filibusterin ' with . Ye'll find that country on the map . " Tis in the ...
... thought that was the cold one , " said Clancy , with a satisfied nod . " I'm always gettin ' the two names mixed . ' Twas Guatemala , then- the hot one - I've been filibusterin ' with . Ye'll find that country on the map . " Tis in the ...
Pagina 175
... thought , mesilf , at first , ' Hal- loran says , with a big sigh , ' until I got to be a lettuce - eater . The fault's wid these tropics . They rejuices a man's system . ' Tis a land , as the poet says , " Where it always seems to be ...
... thought , mesilf , at first , ' Hal- loran says , with a big sigh , ' until I got to be a lettuce - eater . The fault's wid these tropics . They rejuices a man's system . ' Tis a land , as the poet says , " Where it always seems to be ...
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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 Karlsefin lady land laugh 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 tintypes tion took town trepanning tropics turned Twas valise Vega verree Vesuvius Wahrfield waiting walked White Winchester rifles yacht Zavalla