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Page 82
limans – wide , shallow , with a clear greenish water and low - lying grassy banks
. From then on the desire to see the limans and stay for a while on their banks
was added to the many other , equally useless desires which filled my life .
limans – wide , shallow , with a clear greenish water and low - lying grassy banks
. From then on the desire to see the limans and stay for a while on their banks
was added to the many other , equally useless desires which filled my life .
Page 127
One late afternoon he and I were sitting on the deserted bank of the river Oka
near the ferryman ' s cottage . Behind us , lush and green , were the steep hills of
the right bank . It was that ancient bank so intimately bound up with Russia ' s ...
One late afternoon he and I were sitting on the deserted bank of the river Oka
near the ferryman ' s cottage . Behind us , lush and green , were the steep hills of
the right bank . It was that ancient bank so intimately bound up with Russia ' s ...
Page 187
The river banks rang with the trill of nightingales . It drowned the flip - flop of the
ship ' s paddles and all the other sounds of the night . The strains of the
nightingales ' song reached us without intermission from the wet shrubs and the
thick ...
The river banks rang with the trill of nightingales . It drowned the flip - flop of the
ship ' s paddles and all the other sounds of the night . The strains of the
nightingales ' song reached us without intermission from the wet shrubs and the
thick ...
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| Title | Story of a Life, Volume 6 Story of a Life, Konstantin Paustovsky |
| Author | Konstantin Paustovsky |
| Translated by | Manya Harari |
| Publisher | Harvill Press, 1974 |
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