Story of a Life, Volume 5Harvill P., 1965 |
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Page 98
... voice , be it for one moment . That voice could be heard from afar as clearly as close to . It reached me from the north and from the west , from the east and from the south with extraordinary clarity , like the call of ocean waves ...
... voice , be it for one moment . That voice could be heard from afar as clearly as close to . It reached me from the north and from the west , from the east and from the south with extraordinary clarity , like the call of ocean waves ...
Page 99
... voice of the Nereid , which in the past adorned the prows of ships - that voice ' gentle and langorous ' which troubled Pushkin's nights . And in the darkening dusk of the sea a ship's high prow rose before me and a bowsprit swathed in ...
... voice of the Nereid , which in the past adorned the prows of ships - that voice ' gentle and langorous ' which troubled Pushkin's nights . And in the darkening dusk of the sea a ship's high prow rose before me and a bowsprit swathed in ...
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... voice . The power of that voice served as a basis for the defence of Batum against the Turks when they started their offensive against Transcaucasus at the time of the Menshevik administration and came right up to the city ' walls ...
... voice . The power of that voice served as a basis for the defence of Batum against the Turks when they started their offensive against Transcaucasus at the time of the Menshevik administration and came right up to the city ' walls ...
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A Short Explanation page | 7 |
My Thanks to a Reader | 9 |
The Tobacco Republic | 13 |
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