Cuentos Ticos: Short Stories of Costa Rica, Volumen 20Burrows Brothers Company, 1904 - 293 páginas |
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Términos y frases comunes
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Pasajes populares
Página 70 - Central-Americans are like a gang of semibarbarians in a beautifully furnished house, of which they can understand neither its possibilities of comfort nor its use.
Página 71 - Monday appeared on the bank, with a bottle in one hand and a glass in the other, calling aloud to Mr. Dodge to return and drink with the Arabs. "Do not disgrace Christianity in this unmannerly way," he said; "but show these gentlemen of the desert that we know what propriety is.
Página 174 - The darkness did not permit them to see where they were going, so that the travellers had to trust to the instinct of their horses to avoid the bad places or to get out of them. Luckily it did not rain, which would have been one more hindrance to the rapid march that the critical situation in which Salvador Moreno found himself necessitated, for he was being eagerly searched for on account of his share in the attack made the night before on the Cuartel Principalf in San Jose.
Página 60 - Sherman act, and it was probably due more to his efforts than to those of any other one Democrat that that piece of legislation was at last repealed.
Página 186 - The poor old man, falling limp into a chair, wept bitterly over the death of his son. After a while he aroused himself with an expression of unspeakable wrath and the tears dried up in his eyes, which now shone like red-hot coals. "Salvador Moreno," he murmured in a hoarse voice, "I won't forget that name.
Página 176 - Carlosf route, with the idea of seeking refuge in Nicaragua by land, where the two friends were to meet if Salvador should succeed in escaping the vigilance of the authorities of the port. Both were accompanied by trusty retainers who knew the country and were of proved courage. It was Fate that decided in this case, and we have already seen that she declared in favor *The port on the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica.
Página 179 - If you like we can dismount there, so that we shan't have to pass through San Mateo in the daytime." "Very well, let us go there." The two men spurred their horses and a few minutes afterwards arrived at a house situated a short distance from the road. Through the unbarred gate they entered, saluted by the barking of three thin, mangy dogs. At this disturb* Between Atenas and San Mateo the highroad crosses a range of mountains.
Página 187 - ... of its mother. The old man drew back slowly, letting go of the machete. After a moment of hesitation, he passed his rough hand across his face and drawing near to the fugitive said in a hoarse and trembling voice, "Don Salvador, I beg you to go soon, because you are in great danger in this house.
Página 51 - The government is equipped with all the machinery of that of a much larger country. There is a house of congress, cabinet ministers, a bureau of statistics, a government printing office, where all official reports and documents are printed, a national theatre, owned and managed by the...
Página 43 - At the same time they are independent, for many of them have their own patch of land which they cultivate, or an assured position on some rich man's coffee hacienda. If not satisfied therefore with things on the railroad work, they return to their own.