Story of a Life, Volume 5Harvill P., 1965 |
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Page 108
... banks the most beautiful panorama in the world – will again and again be unfold- ing itself before my eyes in one grand sweep . ' - ' Yes , ' I said , caught up in his restrained excitement . ' Yes ... " On Neva's banks - the embassies ...
... banks the most beautiful panorama in the world – will again and again be unfold- ing itself before my eyes in one grand sweep . ' - ' Yes , ' I said , caught up in his restrained excitement . ' Yes ... " On Neva's banks - the embassies ...
Page 215
... bank naked children stood on the roof of a low mud - brick house and the sun shone on their brown bellies as on so many little copper kettles . ' Unbelievable ! ' sighed the engineers . ' Supernatural ! ' While the engineers were lost ...
... bank naked children stood on the roof of a low mud - brick house and the sun shone on their brown bellies as on so many little copper kettles . ' Unbelievable ! ' sighed the engineers . ' Supernatural ! ' While the engineers were lost ...
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... banks of the river Arpacay . Once , at the end of the afternoon the train halted at the river's brink . On the other bank we saw basilicas , tiled Armenian domes and a complete absence of human beings . It was the ruins of the ancient ...
... banks of the river Arpacay . Once , at the end of the afternoon the train halted at the river's brink . On the other bank we saw basilicas , tiled Armenian domes and a complete absence of human beings . It was the ruins of the ancient ...
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The Tobacco Republic | 13 |
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