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Give my compliments to your mother . From Commissar Anokhin , Pavel Zakharovich , tell her . A remarkable old lady , she must be . Fancy planning to walk to Moscow . ' We shook hands . I still couldn't get out a word .
Give my compliments to your mother . From Commissar Anokhin , Pavel Zakharovich , tell her . A remarkable old lady , she must be . Fancy planning to walk to Moscow . ' We shook hands . I still couldn't get out a word .
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Give him five rubles in Tsarist money , ' the driver told me . " That'll get rid of the bastard . ' " I held out a ten - ruble note . ' No , no ! ' the soldier shouted , shaking his head and looking annoyed . ' What d'you give him ten ...
Give him five rubles in Tsarist money , ' the driver told me . " That'll get rid of the bastard . ' " I held out a ten - ruble note . ' No , no ! ' the soldier shouted , shaking his head and looking annoyed . ' What d'you give him ten ...
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For a writer , to give to the beloved was to give to mankind - I was sure of this ill - defined law of generosity , of total self - gift : to give away and expect nothing , ask for nothing in return , except perhaps the merest trifle ...
For a writer , to give to the beloved was to give to mankind - I was sure of this ill - defined law of generosity , of total self - gift : to give away and expect nothing , ask for nothing in return , except perhaps the merest trifle ...
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Contents
Whirlpool page | 7 |
Blue Torches | 23 |
The Journalists Café | 36 |
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| Title | Story of a Life: In that dawn Volume 3 of Story of a Life, Konstantin Paustovsky |
| Author | Konstantin Paustovsky |
| Translated by | Manya Harari |
| Publisher | Harvill Press, 1967 |
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