Story of a Life, Volume 5Harvill P., 1965 |
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Page 121
... lived for other people , was fond of sailors as if they had been small children , was often bitterly disappointed , but never allowed himself to become gloomy or fall into despair . He was a very passionate , impressionable man . Lived ...
... lived for other people , was fond of sailors as if they had been small children , was often bitterly disappointed , but never allowed himself to become gloomy or fall into despair . He was a very passionate , impressionable man . Lived ...
Page 138
... lived with his mother . We assembled in his dark old flat , cluttered up , like a furniture shop , with heavy things made of dark oak - chests of drawers , sideboards , armchairs and cupboards . Mrozovsky's banquet was of a Georgian ...
... lived with his mother . We assembled in his dark old flat , cluttered up , like a furniture shop , with heavy things made of dark oak - chests of drawers , sideboards , armchairs and cupboards . Mrozovsky's banquet was of a Georgian ...
Page 180
... lived in the Zdanevich house and made up these extraordinary ' bouquets ' , called them ' suprematist moths ' , 35 and asked in her softly in- sinuating , typically Polish manner , in a sing - song voice : ' Wha - a - t ? Isn't that so ...
... lived in the Zdanevich house and made up these extraordinary ' bouquets ' , called them ' suprematist moths ' , 35 and asked in her softly in- sinuating , typically Polish manner , in a sing - song voice : ' Wha - a - t ? Isn't that so ...
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