Cabbages and KingsDoubleday, Page, 1919 - 312 pagine |
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Pagina 62
... towns save trusted mem- bers of the ambitious political party that was desirous of succeeding to power . The telegraph wire running from San Mateo to the coast had been cut far up on the mountain trail by an emissary of Zavalla's . Long ...
... towns save trusted mem- bers of the ambitious political party that was desirous of succeeding to power . The telegraph wire running from San Mateo to the coast had been cut far up on the mountain trail by an emissary of Zavalla's . Long ...
Pagina 63
... town had begun the tepid round of its nightly diversions . A few leisurely dandies , clad in white duck , with flowing neckties , and swinging slim bam- boo canes , threaded the grassy by - ways toward the houses of their favoured ...
... town had begun the tepid round of its nightly diversions . A few leisurely dandies , clad in white duck , with flowing neckties , and swinging slim bam- boo canes , threaded the grassy by - ways toward the houses of their favoured ...
Pagina 73
... town is this- Coralio , I think they call it ? ” " Not much of a town , " said Goodwin , smiling . " A banana town , as they run . Grass huts , ' dobes , five or six two - story houses , accommodations limited , population half - breed ...
... town is this- Coralio , I think they call it ? ” " Not much of a town , " said Goodwin , smiling . " A banana town , as they run . Grass huts , ' dobes , five or six two - story houses , accommodations limited , population half - breed ...
Pagina 78
... at the sound of the shot , had raised his voice ; and the shot itself had aroused half the town . A pattering of feet came up the street , and official orders rang out on the still air . Goodwin had 78 Cabbages and Kings.
... at the sound of the shot , had raised his voice ; and the shot itself had aroused half the town . A pattering of feet came up the street , and official orders rang out on the still air . Goodwin had 78 Cabbages and Kings.
Pagina 80
... town as care- fully as a woman combs her hair ; but the money was not found . So they buried the dead man , without honours , back of the town near the little bridge that spans the mangrove swamp ; and for a real a boy will show you his ...
... town as care- fully as a woman combs her hair ; but the money was not found . So they buried the dead man , without honours , back of the town near the little bridge that spans the mangrove swamp ; and for a real a boy will show you his ...
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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