Story of a Life, Volume 5Harvill P., 1965 |
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Page 84
... feluccas , but also from the shingle on the beach . It was edged with coffee - grounds . Torn yellow shreds of tangerine peel were strewn conspicuously among them . In the evening the sailors on the feluccas prayed sitting on their ...
... feluccas , but also from the shingle on the beach . It was edged with coffee - grounds . Torn yellow shreds of tangerine peel were strewn conspicuously among them . In the evening the sailors on the feluccas prayed sitting on their ...
Page 96
... felucca . Sometimes even bass or ruff would bite . The not very hot sun of late autumn lit the turbid , green water and the gaily painted stern of the felucca . The owners of the feluccas decorated their little craft like a bride . Some ...
... felucca . Sometimes even bass or ruff would bite . The not very hot sun of late autumn lit the turbid , green water and the gaily painted stern of the felucca . The owners of the feluccas decorated their little craft like a bride . Some ...
Page 97
... felucca was an ornamental picture or , in the language fashionable to - day , a work of abstract art . I do not want to go into the arguments regarding this art , but every multicoloured stern resembled an abstract carpet design with ...
... felucca was an ornamental picture or , in the language fashionable to - day , a work of abstract art . I do not want to go into the arguments regarding this art , but every multicoloured stern resembled an abstract carpet design with ...
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A Short Explanation page | 7 |
My Thanks to a Reader | 9 |
The Tobacco Republic | 13 |
Copyright | |
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